How to quieten my arctic freezer ?

Metalface Mark · 21 Jan 2006 at 13:15

Ive got an intel arctic freezer, its running at 2700rpm, and its very noisy. Temps arent a problem, so i need a way to reduce the speed. Its that fangly 4 pin type fan.

My mobo is an asus p5nd2, but there is no options in the bios to reduce the fan speed, only turn on Q-fan, which it dosent move from.

Ive downloaded speedfan, but adjusting the fan speed on it down from 100% dosent make any difference, fan speed stays the same. Do you need to pay for speed fan now for this to work?

ajgoodfellow · 21 Jan 2006 at 14:33

Are you sure the Q-Fan doesn't make a difference? Is it plugged into the CPU header on your motherboard? I've got an ASUS motherboard and Q-Fan varies the fan speed from about 1500rpm to near 5000rpm (when I was using the stock cooler; my new cooler gets its power from a fan controller)

I'd be inclined to point the problem at something else as the Artic Freezers tend to be quiet. Do you have active cooling on your northbridge? What PSU are you using? What graphics card do you own? What case fans do you have?

Metalface Mark · 21 Jan 2006 at 17:54

Well q-fan does work when ive got my case fans on, the problem is they are very noisy at the moment, although ive ordered a fan controller to fix that, im not sure if ill be able to put the cpu fan on the fan controller though because its 4 pin.

dale1uk · 21 Jan 2006 at 18:28

when you say 4 pin do you mean its molex connetor? if so then it will not be connected to the motherboard directly as you need to plug into a 3 pin socket.

Well Splattered · 21 Jan 2006 at 18:53

7v mod it if its a 4 pin molex connector.

http://www.ocforums.com/showthread.php?t=372297

Metalface Mark · 21 Jan 2006 at 20:16

No, its like a 3 pin connector, but 775 boards have 4 pin connectors (just like a normal cpu fan connector, but with an extra one for some reason).

lay-z-boy · 22 Jan 2006 at 02:32

speedfan>readings>configure>advanced>select the chip that starts with "IT"> set all PWM modes to software controlled and make sure it remembers it on all of them, now speedfan will work with the fan adjustments.

Big.Wayne · 22 Jan 2006 at 20:59

chuck it in the bin, that should silence it pretty good

lay-z-boy · 23 Jan 2006 at 07:39

Big.Wayne said:
chuck it in the bin, that should silence it pretty good

thats helpful? :confused:

ACPCUP · 23 Jan 2006 at 08:33

Arctic Freezer is noisey compared to my setup. I used to have one but it was just too noisey for me! I switched to a Thermalright XP-120 with a Nexus 120mm fan on it. What a difference!!

If you want to leep the Arctic why not put a Speed reducing cable on it?

Dennisthemenace · 23 Jan 2006 at 12:56

Connecting a three pin fan to a four pin Intel motherboard header will only allow full speed and nothing else, The extra pin is for the PWM control that you're looking for.

mp260767 · 23 Jan 2006 at 13:26

couple of things to check,make sure the fan is screwed nice and night to the heatksink, also see if the fans fins appear to scrape the outer case as they spin.