I have Asus M5A97 Evo r2 and CM Eco 212 with 2 Corsair SP120 PWM fans connected via pwm fan y splitter and my motherboard shows random temps between 0 - 3000. I've tried to connect only one fan at time but still no change.
There is a four pin connector for JUST the CPU fan. Do not run a splitter off of it. Make sure you run the splitter off of one of the other PWM connectors on the board. There should be at least 1 or 2 other 4 pin connectors on your motherboard.
If you look closely at the motherboard, one of those will be marked "CPU fan". Usually it's the one closest to the cpu, and located between the cpu and ram.