I have a bits-and-bobs machine that's been built out of a mix of whatever parts were at a price I was prepared to pay.
The motherboard is an IPM87-MP motherboard originally out of an HP Pavilion 500-386, and originally came with a Pentium G3240 installed.
However, it's apparent that the CPU fan speed is clearly not configured for the i7 I've replaced the original CPU with, and the fan never gets up to any real speed even when the CPU temperatures are rather hotter than I would like.
I'm not expecting great temperatures, as the current cooler is only the default HP one that came with the motherboard, but the poor fan speed is the main concern at the moment, because that would persist even if I replaced the entire cooler.
I have used SpeedFan on my previous machines to override fan speeds, but this time, while SpeedFan is reporting the fan speed, it seems to have no control over it.
So, that's the problem - what do I need to do to give SpeedFan control over the fan speed?
The main system specs are as follows, but feel free to ask if I've omitted anything important:
- Intel Core i7-4790
- HP IPM87-MP motherboard
- 2x 8GB DDR3-1333 RAM
- MSI GTX 1050 Ti 2GB Low Profile
- RM One chassis, Integral 19" Monitor
- Windows 8.1 Home 64-bit
- Samsung 850 EVO 250 GB SSD
- Seagate Barracuda Green 2 TB HDD
As best I know, the motherboard is updated to the latest BIOS and chipset drivers from the HP site (I haven't exhaustively checked every version number, but I was fairly thorough when I built the machine, and no new drivers have come out since).
The motherboard is an IPM87-MP motherboard originally out of an HP Pavilion 500-386, and originally came with a Pentium G3240 installed.
However, it's apparent that the CPU fan speed is clearly not configured for the i7 I've replaced the original CPU with, and the fan never gets up to any real speed even when the CPU temperatures are rather hotter than I would like.
I'm not expecting great temperatures, as the current cooler is only the default HP one that came with the motherboard, but the poor fan speed is the main concern at the moment, because that would persist even if I replaced the entire cooler.
I have used SpeedFan on my previous machines to override fan speeds, but this time, while SpeedFan is reporting the fan speed, it seems to have no control over it.
So, that's the problem - what do I need to do to give SpeedFan control over the fan speed?
The main system specs are as follows, but feel free to ask if I've omitted anything important:
- Intel Core i7-4790
- HP IPM87-MP motherboard
- 2x 8GB DDR3-1333 RAM
- MSI GTX 1050 Ti 2GB Low Profile
- RM One chassis, Integral 19" Monitor
- Windows 8.1 Home 64-bit
- Samsung 850 EVO 250 GB SSD
- Seagate Barracuda Green 2 TB HDD
As best I know, the motherboard is updated to the latest BIOS and chipset drivers from the HP site (I haven't exhaustively checked every version number, but I was fairly thorough when I built the machine, and no new drivers have come out since).