Gigabyte EX58-UD5 - fan speed problem

OrsonKart

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I just received a new system with a UD5 board and the fan noise is driving me nuts. I use this for regular office work so I shouldn't be taxing the CPU too hard, but the (stock) fan remains on at ~1900 RPM.

Is there anyway to make the speed variable depending on the CPU load? In the BIOS (F7) I have set the fan to PWM and in WIndows 7 set the power setting to Passive but to no avail.

Any idea how I can make the fan speed variable?

Many thanks.
 
Seems to be an issue with some UD5's, you could try using the F9e beta BIOS from Gigabyte, this sorted the issue out for me.
 
Thanks.

Davy - A few questions if you wouldn;t mind:

Did you update your BIOS using the Windows application?
Did you disable hyper-threading too?
What have you set your BIOS fan setting to? Auto or PWM?
 
Stick the BIOS file onto a USB pen drive, and then enter Q-flash via the BIOS or at the Gigabyte splash screen, and then you should be able to browse to the updated BIOS file that you stuck onto the pen drive.

Like Al said, flashing via Windows isn't a good idea.

As for HT, I always have this enabled, I don't understand why people would buy an i7 system to go and disable HT?!?

When I was using PWM fans on my old TRUE I had the it set to PWM in the BIOS, the Voltage setting would cause my fans to spin up and slow down constantly, regardless of whether there was any load on the CPU.

I now have my fans connected to my fan controller instead of the mobo headers..

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One thing, this only seems to be an issue with some UD5's, I have 2 of these mobos, and PWM feature works perfectly on the first board I bought from F4 BIOS onwards, whereas the 2nd mobo, the only time I ever got it working was with F9e.
 
Thanks fot that Davy. I read about switching off hyperthreading on the Gigabyte website which recommended switching it off when performing a BIOS update via the with the Windows based BIOS update tool.
 
I personally would never use a Windows based BIOS flashing utility, I borked to MSI AM2 motherboards in the past because of Windows BIOS flashing tools, so this is why I tend to avoid these types of tools!!
 
Gigabyte do not have something similar like Q-fan and Fan expert on Asus ? I really like gigabyte boards and only fan control possibilities stopping me go for 58X UD5, because all my fans in case are controlled by motherboard.
 
Sorry, should have stated, first you need to extract the files out of the .exe file, then you need to take the file name "EX58UD5.F9E" and place this on the USB stick, then restart and enter Q-Flash again, this time you should be able to browse to that file on the stick and get your BIOS updated.

Don't worry about any of the other files that get extracted, these are just for flashing the BIOS via DOS from a floppy disk or bootable USB stick.
 
As said flash the bios the lastest version then use Gigabyte Easytune to customise how fast teh cpu fan spins at a given temperature. As you also said above you might have to mess with the fan control method in the bios depending on the fan your using for the mother board can control the fan speed.
 
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