Recent content by ca4014

Okay folks, it's a good job I'm thick-skinned, otherwise I might be embarrassed. A friend came round to lend a hand and discovered a cable fouling the blades of one of the GPU fans. The other fan must have been working overtime to compensate. Obstruction cleared, it now runs like a dream. So it...

Think I've got a faulty graphics card, or a software problem?

OK. Not the case fans at all. Fan Xpert 3 does indeed control them just fine, I just couldn't hear them ramp up & down over the din of my graphics card. For definite. Disabling the driver in Device Manager instantly cured the noise problem. Downloaded latest driver, racket starts up again, MSI...

Sorry Nigel, didn't see your reply. Bitfenix Prodigy M case, Intake fans: Bitfenix fans top & bottom (definitely not the source of the noise) Noctua CPU and exhaust fans. The CPU fan is PWM, the others aren't. But if the BIOS can control their speed directly or indirectly, shouldn't Windows...

Update. It may be my graphics card that's misbehaving; I stopped 2 of the 3 case fans in turn by hand and the processor (!) Just for a second! No appreciable difference in noise. The remaining case fan is a Noctua, I'm not suspicious. Graphics card I couldn't get to; it's a very cramped mATX...

Yep. Made no difference selecting various modes, fans just run (and run..!)

Sorry, that was a lie: got that info from SpeedFan 4.52, not HWMON

Progress. CPUID HWMON says AUXTIN3 is fluctuating between 97-98°C. A quick Google suggests that this is the PSU temp. Would that cause chassis and/ or CPU fans to run full speed, and if this is the case, does anyone know how I can override/ get the system to ignore it? Incidentally my case &...

Thanks Nigel. I did indeed configure these settings in BIOS; DC and PWM accordingly, and in BIOS it works but once Windows starts they ramp up to full speed. Got to be Windows at fault, surely?

Oh and I tried SpeedFan (or is it FanSpeed? I'm not at home right now). No joy.

Yep, the fella who built it for me took it to his supplier, who is an agent for Asus. I know it was done because the motherboard wouldn't even complete POST prior to the update, wouldn't load BIOS, far less Windows.

They slow down and run quietly in BIOS before Windows starts up, though.

Oops, should have mentioned that the CPU fan is PWM, case fans are DC.

Greetings, one and all. Just got my new computer, custom build (can't claim to have built it myself, I'm afraid), couldn't be happier. Well, actually, I could be slightly happier. In BIOS, I can set the fan speeds for quiet operation, and it's quiet as a whisper but when Windows starts they...

Thank you rchris. I should have mentioned that I'd prefer air cooling. I can still return the cooler; I think I will and order a smaller one, perhaps the Noctua NH-U9S with additional fan.