Gigabyte Z77-D3H CPU fan controller issue?

Porceliamone · 11 Apr 2013 at 15:46

I have one of these motherboards but my CPU fan (attached to a Prolimatech Megahalems cooler) seems to be on full blast all the time. It's not unbearably noisy but I'm sure it could be a LOT quieter than full tilt 24/7. It never changes speed or tone. It's definitely plugged into the CPU fan header on the MB.

I downloaded Speedfan but it only detected my case fans (registered 0rpm on them even though they're spinning) and the GPU fan so it appears that program won't help me.

How can I get the CPU cooler fan to spin at an appropriate speed for the temp/load detected at the CPU?

The rest of my rig is in my signature if you need that info.

Thanks

Porceliamone · 11 Apr 2013 at 16:04

stulid said:
Is the fan a 3 or 4pin connector?

3 pin (really skinny one's, not molex) so there's one left over on the MB header.

Porceliamone · 11 Apr 2013 at 16:38

I'll give that a go if it's not already set that way and see what happens. Thanks for your suggestion Bremen1874.

Porceliamone · 11 Apr 2013 at 16:44

I appreciate the response stulid. You helped me out when I took the plunge to build my first PC ever back in Aug/Sep last year! Thanks again.

Porceliamone · 11 Apr 2013 at 17:21

It worked. SO much quieter now. What a difference!
Thank you very much chaps.