Fan speed problem

PoliticallyCorrect · 16 Apr 2006 at 14:37

Fan speed problem!

Hey,

i have an Akasa Ambur series fan in my PC, i'ts plugged onto the mothboard header with all 3 wires connected.

when i load up speed fan it detects it's their and shows the speed and temperature but won't let me adjust the speed.

can someone help me solve this, thanks

Jonny

Messiah Khan · 16 Apr 2006 at 19:37

It might simply be that your motherboard doesnt support this im afraid.

Joe42 · 16 Apr 2006 at 20:16

In speedfan go to configure, advanced and select your monitoring chip. Under pwm mode chek its set to 'software controlled' rather than 'smart guardian' or 'on/off'.

Usually not all fan headers have speed control, check the board manual to see which ones have speed control. Usually its the cpu fan and a case fan header.

PoliticallyCorrect · 16 Apr 2006 at 22:52

thanks for that

i can now control my CPU fan which is kool

but my akasa still insists on full speed, i tried another akasa fan (Exactly the same model) and i had the same problem, also i had this problem on my old EPoX nForce 3 Ultra mobo.

JonnyGLC · 16 Apr 2006 at 23:03

Dont the akasas already push very little air? Why do you want to take it down even further?

PoliticallyCorrect · 16 Apr 2006 at 23:51

A random name said:
Dont the akasas already push very little air? Why do you want to take it down even further?

for your information, this fan pushes more than 3 times the amout of air than the stock AMD fan. i've unplugged it now tho because the noise is driving me nuts, even tho it's generally quieter than the CPU fan, at least u can control the CPU fan.

JonnyGLC · 17 Apr 2006 at 00:05

Slenpree said:
for your information, this fan pushes more than 3 times the amout of air than the stock AMD fan. i've unplugged it now tho because the noise is driving me nuts, even tho it's generally quieter than the CPU fan, at least u can control the CPU fan.

What size fan is it?

Joe42 · 17 Apr 2006 at 00:08

Y cables are what you need.
Akasa AK-FY320 3 Pin Fan cable splitter (CB-013-AK)
Allows you to connect several fans to the cpu fan header. Ncie and cheap too.

PoliticallyCorrect · 17 Apr 2006 at 12:31

thanks joe, i'll be ordering one of those wires tonite along with another 1GB Geil Value set

Joe42 · 17 Apr 2006 at 13:41

Are you planning on running 4 sticks?
If so you have to lower the command rate to 2t. Minor performance penalty.

PoliticallyCorrect · 17 Apr 2006 at 18:54

yeh i am and don't worry,

Geil Value can only do 2T anyway

JonnyGLC · 17 Apr 2006 at 19:09

Slenpree said:
yeh i am and don't worry,

Geil Value can only do 2T anyway

For YOUR information, no they don't. I'm sat here on 1T.

Jack Bauer · 17 Apr 2006 at 19:16

as above, altho I cant do it now I have 2 Gig of it.

PoliticallyCorrect · 17 Apr 2006 at 22:17

if u run 1GB geil value at 1T the timings go down

JonnyGLC · 17 Apr 2006 at 22:45

Slenpree said:
if u run 1GB geil value at 1T the timings go down

I'm running 1gb geil value at 2-3-2-5 with 1T... k.

PoliticallyCorrect · 18 Apr 2006 at 14:49

u must be runing a lower FSB, the ram is simply not capable at that, i've tried on 2 motherboards with voltage on 2.8

JonnyGLC · 18 Apr 2006 at 15:25

Slenpree said:
u must be runing a lower FSB, the ram is simply not capable at that, i've tried on 2 motherboards with voltage on 2.8

The memory is running at 193mhz.