- Oct 17, 2015
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Okay, so I'm not sure where the appropriate place to be ask this would be. I mean, I know there's an overclocking forum but I'm not using MSI AfterBurner to Overclock. I'm using it as a fan controller. If this question would still be better off there, I will happily go ask there instead.
I'm hoping someone with some experience can clarify some things I perceive as wrong here, after thinking I had it set up correctly.
I felt my GPU fans were running extremely hard for temperatures I perceive as low, and I am aware that the lower the temperatures, the better but when the noise is upsetting and you have a fan vibrating .. well, I'm more inclined to let the card get a bit warmer, and run the fans less unless needed.
It was running the fans loud and hard at 63-64'C which was new behavior and not normal, (driver update perhaps?), so I was attempting to gain more normal control over it. (MSI AB claimed the fans were set to roar up to 70% at 60'C by default right now, which is too fast, for too low a temp.)
So onto the issue at hand:
I downloaded and installed it. And did the following here:
In the MAIN INTERFACE that first comes up, upon opening it:
On the FAN SPEED bar: I clicked it and it highlights it and says: User Defined.
I DISABLED [Auto] at the top of the Fan Speed bar. (It seemed if Auto was clicked, it was ignoring the User Defined, *seemed*.)
I clicked Settings.
Selected the Fan Tab.
Enable User Defined software automatic fan control.
I set the nodes' where I want the fan speed to be, compared to the temp.
I set fan speed update period: 10,000 ms. (10 seconds).
Clicked OKAY.
SAVED this to [ 1 ] on the little profile bar.
Clicked APPLY.
It seems now, that no matter how warm the card gets, the fan speeds are not changing .. I think I can hear them getting a biiiit faster, at 70'C or above which .. from my settings, should be 65% and I should hear the fans noticeably at that stage, I believe.
In the progressive graphs on the right:
It says: Fan Speed % | Min: 40 / Max: 40
Fan Tachometer | Min: 1830 / Max: 2010
In the Fan Speed % / User Defined bar, on the left side of the interface, it reads:
(Auto Disabled)
[Min] (SET) ------------------------ [MAX] ( 40) (User Defined)
If I move the (SET) point further toward the max, the fans speed up immediately in response to where I have it set. So I don't want to do that.
EDIT: http://s12.postimg.org/4hv7g3o2j/MSIABIF.jpg
Image provided, because: Clarity.
I left in the description, rather than removing it, just in case the image is too dark for some people or the numbers/text is hard to read on it.
Is this set up correctly, or did I miss something? As I said, the fans SEEM to be remaining at 40% speed, no matter what .. they should spin up and become more audible (but still quieter than they were) and I'm not hearing it .. and that Fan Speed Min/Max keeps displaying 40/40 no matter what.
Is this all correct and normal behavior or did I miss something here?
Thanks in advance for any help, and if you need any clarification, do not hesitate to ask and I will attempt to do so.
I'm hoping someone with some experience can clarify some things I perceive as wrong here, after thinking I had it set up correctly.
I felt my GPU fans were running extremely hard for temperatures I perceive as low, and I am aware that the lower the temperatures, the better but when the noise is upsetting and you have a fan vibrating .. well, I'm more inclined to let the card get a bit warmer, and run the fans less unless needed.
It was running the fans loud and hard at 63-64'C which was new behavior and not normal, (driver update perhaps?), so I was attempting to gain more normal control over it. (MSI AB claimed the fans were set to roar up to 70% at 60'C by default right now, which is too fast, for too low a temp.)
So onto the issue at hand:
I downloaded and installed it. And did the following here:
In the MAIN INTERFACE that first comes up, upon opening it:
On the FAN SPEED bar: I clicked it and it highlights it and says: User Defined.
I DISABLED [Auto] at the top of the Fan Speed bar. (It seemed if Auto was clicked, it was ignoring the User Defined, *seemed*.)
I clicked Settings.
Selected the Fan Tab.
Enable User Defined software automatic fan control.
I set the nodes' where I want the fan speed to be, compared to the temp.
I set fan speed update period: 10,000 ms. (10 seconds).
Clicked OKAY.
SAVED this to [ 1 ] on the little profile bar.
Clicked APPLY.
It seems now, that no matter how warm the card gets, the fan speeds are not changing .. I think I can hear them getting a biiiit faster, at 70'C or above which .. from my settings, should be 65% and I should hear the fans noticeably at that stage, I believe.
In the progressive graphs on the right:
It says: Fan Speed % | Min: 40 / Max: 40
Fan Tachometer | Min: 1830 / Max: 2010
In the Fan Speed % / User Defined bar, on the left side of the interface, it reads:
(Auto Disabled)
[Min] (SET) ------------------------ [MAX] ( 40) (User Defined)
If I move the (SET) point further toward the max, the fans speed up immediately in response to where I have it set. So I don't want to do that.
EDIT: http://s12.postimg.org/4hv7g3o2j/MSIABIF.jpg
Image provided, because: Clarity.
I left in the description, rather than removing it, just in case the image is too dark for some people or the numbers/text is hard to read on it.
Is this set up correctly, or did I miss something? As I said, the fans SEEM to be remaining at 40% speed, no matter what .. they should spin up and become more audible (but still quieter than they were) and I'm not hearing it .. and that Fan Speed Min/Max keeps displaying 40/40 no matter what.
Is this all correct and normal behavior or did I miss something here?
Thanks in advance for any help, and if you need any clarification, do not hesitate to ask and I will attempt to do so.
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