CPU Fan Control Help

MotherMayI

MotherMayI

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Hi,

I am trying to control my CPU fan RPM to try and achieve the perfect performance/temperature balance. I have been googling around all day trying different things, and having no joy. I'm currently using an IP35-E motherboard, Q6660 CPU with a Tuniq Tower cooling it. The methods I have tried so far are:

1. SpeedFan (Followed numerous tutorials, but could not get the fan rpm to move).

2. uGuru (It wouldnt load current cpu temperatures, fan rpm etc. It just didnt work).

3. BIOS - No difference.

Any ideas or suggestions would be appreciated, it's getting rather frustrating now.
 
I never managed to get Speedfan working with my aBit board either but I'm surprised that uGuru can't pick up temperatures and stuff, after all it's designed to do it and always worked well for me on my old aBit board.

uGuru and the hardware involved probably isn't compatible with third party solutions.

Maybe a BIOS update would help? Never helped me with my aBit board though (other BIOSes tended to add 40 degrees to CPU temp on alternate boots) but might be worth looking into for you.

Edit: It could also be that the Tuniq fan is DC controlled and the board is in PWM control mode, or something.
 
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SpeedFan is a good bit of software (in my experience). If you cannot change the speed of your fan by clicking the % options up and down then that means it will not be possible to do it by any software method (I reckon).

How is it all wired up? What are your fan's plugged into? What type of fans?
 
I probably should have mentioned I'm using Windows 7 64bit as well.. I think there are some issues with uGuru on the OS? Although, equally, I've read with the latest version (3109) they are sorted I think.

Tuniq Tower has its stock fan still in, going in to the 3 pin CPU on the motherboard. It also has a control with it which attaches to another lead going to the fan, but it appears to do nothing either (its a radial dial from high -> low, changing it doesn't audibly change the fan's rpm).
 
I suppose you could always get yourself a simple fan controller and adjust it manually, or at least find best compromise between noise and cooling.

If the motherboard is 3 pin then it will be voltage controlled and not PWM as many motherboards are these days.
 
Update due to being a retard:

The CPU fan was originally put in to a 3 pin SYSFAN input by mistake. It is now in a 4 pin CPUFAN one, although with only a 3 pin connector. The fan controller is now working fine, but I would like to be able to get the fan speed yet lower. Its currently at 1000 RPM, 2000 RPM is max when its on high, and the temp is only 40oC.. Am willing to get it a lot higher than that for silent running.

Any ideas?

EDIT: Will getting a 3rd party fan control unit enable me to do this? http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=BB-009-SY&tool=3 or something in that vain?
 
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You might be able to slow it down to about 600 rpm before it stalls, maybe even lower. A fan controller, a good one, will also enable you to stop the fan and go passive.

I don't have a posh one though so can't advise which would be the best to get for this.
 
There's not much point putting the 600 rpm Fractal on a fan controller as it should be pretty much silent already at full whack.

The 4 pin Akasa are meant for motherboard PWM control solutions for the most part as most fan controllers are DC only. There are however a few that mix PWM and DC control so make sure that the controller will acoomodate the 4 pin connector before you buy. If your PWM fans are cooling different zones (and therefore will want different speeds) you may need a controller that has more than one PWM input. Complicated enough for you?
 
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