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Stark_Source
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High everyone,

 

So I've just put my rig together, and I'm noticing the fan speeds are just constant, no matter what my rig is doing. I plugged each fan into the relevant fan slots on the board (CPU, SYS1, and SYS2). Is there not a way for the mobo to regulate fan speed on the basis on temp? Current temps are 6, 20, and 20 degrees.  

Any help appreciated...

CPU: AMD FX-8350 █ MOBO: Gigabyte GA-990FXA-UD5 ATX AM3+ █ FAN: Noctua NH-D14 65.0 CFM █ RAM: Ballitix Sport 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 █ GPU: MSI GeForce GTX 780 3GB █ SSD: Kingston SSDNow V300 Series 120GB  █ HDD: Seagate Barracuda 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM █ PSU: EVGA 750W ATX12V / EPS12V █ Case: Fractal Design Define R4 (Black Pearl) ATX Mid Tow █ Monitor: Dell P2414H 23.8"

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Check your bios

 

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Most motherboards can change speed based on settings in the BIOS.

Most motherboards come with software that can control the fan headers on the Motherboard.

Speedfan (http://www.almico.com/speedfan.php) works in the majority of cases.

Or you can get an external fan controller which lets you do it manually with buttons/switches on the case.

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Also, I need to say this....

 

It's "Hi Everyone"....

 

"High Everyone" isn't English, requires more letters, makes no sense, and annoys Grammar Nazi's like me...

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Check your bios

 

Had a look, but it only had an option for one sys fan and it was 'normal' 'silent' or 'manual'.... I expected 'normal/auto' to be variable, but its constant. 

CPU: AMD FX-8350 █ MOBO: Gigabyte GA-990FXA-UD5 ATX AM3+ █ FAN: Noctua NH-D14 65.0 CFM █ RAM: Ballitix Sport 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 █ GPU: MSI GeForce GTX 780 3GB █ SSD: Kingston SSDNow V300 Series 120GB  █ HDD: Seagate Barracuda 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM █ PSU: EVGA 750W ATX12V / EPS12V █ Case: Fractal Design Define R4 (Black Pearl) ATX Mid Tow █ Monitor: Dell P2414H 23.8"

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Also, I need to say this....

 

It's "Hi Everyone"....

 

"High Everyone" isn't English, requires more letters, makes no sense, and annoys Grammar Nazi's like me...

 

I shall leave it in then. I don't mind annoying people ;-)

CPU: AMD FX-8350 █ MOBO: Gigabyte GA-990FXA-UD5 ATX AM3+ █ FAN: Noctua NH-D14 65.0 CFM █ RAM: Ballitix Sport 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 █ GPU: MSI GeForce GTX 780 3GB █ SSD: Kingston SSDNow V300 Series 120GB  █ HDD: Seagate Barracuda 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM █ PSU: EVGA 750W ATX12V / EPS12V █ Case: Fractal Design Define R4 (Black Pearl) ATX Mid Tow █ Monitor: Dell P2414H 23.8"

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Most motherboards can change speed based on settings in the BIOS.

Most motherboards come with software that can control the fan headers on the Motherboard.

Speedfan (http://www.almico.com/speedfan.php) works in the majority of cases.

Or you can get an external fan controller which lets you do it manually with buttons/switches on the case.

 

I downloaded speedfan, but wasn't sure how to use it... 

CPU: AMD FX-8350 █ MOBO: Gigabyte GA-990FXA-UD5 ATX AM3+ █ FAN: Noctua NH-D14 65.0 CFM █ RAM: Ballitix Sport 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 █ GPU: MSI GeForce GTX 780 3GB █ SSD: Kingston SSDNow V300 Series 120GB  █ HDD: Seagate Barracuda 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM █ PSU: EVGA 750W ATX12V / EPS12V █ Case: Fractal Design Define R4 (Black Pearl) ATX Mid Tow █ Monitor: Dell P2414H 23.8"

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At those temps, you don't need your fans to be faster... I think there's some programs like SpeedFan for that.

 

Yeah, I'm looking to reduce fan speed here, and I don't think they need to be always on, which they currently are. 

CPU: AMD FX-8350 █ MOBO: Gigabyte GA-990FXA-UD5 ATX AM3+ █ FAN: Noctua NH-D14 65.0 CFM █ RAM: Ballitix Sport 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 █ GPU: MSI GeForce GTX 780 3GB █ SSD: Kingston SSDNow V300 Series 120GB  █ HDD: Seagate Barracuda 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM █ PSU: EVGA 750W ATX12V / EPS12V █ Case: Fractal Design Define R4 (Black Pearl) ATX Mid Tow █ Monitor: Dell P2414H 23.8"

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Uhm.... 6 degrees would be WAY under the ambient temperature.... so whatever you used to measure temperatures, it is wrong.

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Uhm.... 6 degrees would be WAY under the ambient temperature.... so whatever you used to measure temperatures, it is wrong.

 

That's 6C.  it's 39F, 77F, and 89F

CPU: AMD FX-8350 █ MOBO: Gigabyte GA-990FXA-UD5 ATX AM3+ █ FAN: Noctua NH-D14 65.0 CFM █ RAM: Ballitix Sport 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 █ GPU: MSI GeForce GTX 780 3GB █ SSD: Kingston SSDNow V300 Series 120GB  █ HDD: Seagate Barracuda 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM █ PSU: EVGA 750W ATX12V / EPS12V █ Case: Fractal Design Define R4 (Black Pearl) ATX Mid Tow █ Monitor: Dell P2414H 23.8"

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Neither EasyTune nor Speedfan seem to be able to adjust RPM. These fans are 3-pin, but surely there's an app to get variable voltages depending on temp?

 

Or maybe I just need to get new fans. They were stock fans with the Fractal Case. 
I might also try to hook the fans up to the case fan controller and just keep an eye on temps.

CPU: AMD FX-8350 █ MOBO: Gigabyte GA-990FXA-UD5 ATX AM3+ █ FAN: Noctua NH-D14 65.0 CFM █ RAM: Ballitix Sport 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 █ GPU: MSI GeForce GTX 780 3GB █ SSD: Kingston SSDNow V300 Series 120GB  █ HDD: Seagate Barracuda 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM █ PSU: EVGA 750W ATX12V / EPS12V █ Case: Fractal Design Define R4 (Black Pearl) ATX Mid Tow █ Monitor: Dell P2414H 23.8"

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That's 6C.  it's 39F, 77F, and 89F

Yea, 6 degrees Celsius cannot possibly be a component on your computer unless you're using liquid nitrogen to cool it. Ambient temperature is ~20 degrees Celsius.

"I see now that the circumstances of one's birth are irrelevant. It is what you do with the gift of life that determines who you are."

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So, even with a

 

Yea, 6 degrees Celsius cannot possibly be a component on your computer unless you're using liquid nitrogen to cool it. Ambient temperature is ~20 degrees Celsius.

 

So, even with a noctua fan going it couldn't be 6C? What's gone wrong do you think?

CPU: AMD FX-8350 █ MOBO: Gigabyte GA-990FXA-UD5 ATX AM3+ █ FAN: Noctua NH-D14 65.0 CFM █ RAM: Ballitix Sport 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 █ GPU: MSI GeForce GTX 780 3GB █ SSD: Kingston SSDNow V300 Series 120GB  █ HDD: Seagate Barracuda 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM █ PSU: EVGA 750W ATX12V / EPS12V █ Case: Fractal Design Define R4 (Black Pearl) ATX Mid Tow █ Monitor: Dell P2414H 23.8"

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