Is my MSI NEO 4 Platinum somehow defective?

[Codesmith]

My NB Fan spins at a 7600 rpm's which is anoying.

People are claiming that I can use MSI Core Center Utility to adjust the NB Fan Speed.

There is a slider for the CPU fan, but I cannot find one for the North Bridge Fan. Also there is no NB temp reading either.

I have the NF 6.39 drivers installed and Core Center 1.7.3.0. There is to my knowledge only one BIOS version 1.10.

I assumed my MB just doesn't have those features, now I am not sure.

 

[monegard]

I've heard that that nb fan is supposed to be pretty noisy! Is
it as bad as everyone says or is it just an exaggeration?

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[endyen]

Does the fan have 2 wires, or 3?

 

[Codesmith]

Its not that noisy, its just that I went to great pains to silence my PC as much as possible.

I only really notice it when all my hard drives shut down due to inactivity.

A cheap and quiet solution would be a zalman passive north bridge cooler.

I am just not sure if it would be adequate.

PS I was able to reach 250 FSB by moving my SATA drive to another port.

When I figure out how far I can OC my system, then how far I will OC my system then I will give the Zalman a go and see if it is still stable.

 

[Codesmith]

3 wires and I get an RPM reading.

Someone with the SLI version said they can adjust the NB fan via corecenter. I have the non-sli version but still...

Suppose I should post in MSI's forum, but I really don't want to find out because that meants RMA'ing the board.

I build/rebuild four computers in the last week, I don't want to touch another MB for awhile