speedfan automatic control question

[TeaNinja]

i've set up the automatic fan speed and the temps and speeds and everything in my configure options. it seems to be working and it idles down to the minimum temp i have set while not in heavy use, but it's supposed to jump immediately to 100% when it's passed my warning temp and it never ups the fan speed from the minimum even when passed the warning temp. why would it only bring the fan speeds down and not up?

 

[jerrywarriner]

I'm skeptical of add-on programs that purport to automatically regulate fan speed. By what mode of magic do these programs accomplish the improbable? Do they lower or raise the voltage, which in the later case would burn out the fan motor.

The fan itself has to have a built-in logic circuit that senses the temperature and adjusts it according to your specifications.

One solution is to buy an interposing cable with a rheostat that has to be adjusted manually or at least contains a sensor that that can regulate the fan speed. In other words, this is a hardware, not a software, issue that requires manual intervention somewhere along the line.

People who claim that Speedfan or similar programs actually work aren't taking into account all the variables that affect temperature. Also, bear in mind that buying a more powerful replacement fan will not appreciably affect your electric bill. Well-designed fans aren't noisy.

 

[CursedSeal7]

Are you absolutely positive you even have PWM fans? Check your fan headers on your motherboard to make sure they're 4 pin. 3 pin headers do not support fan control.

 

[TeaNinja]

i wrote the post a bit hastily at first. my specs are

Sentey Abaddom II - case with fans
ASRock 970 extreme 4 - mobo
AMD X4 3.4 965 black edition - cpu
cooler master hyper 212 evo - cpu cooler
8GB Crucial ram

I used to run everything stock with no overclocking and i used the ASRock tuning utility program to control my fans automatically (AND IT WORKED FINE ON AUTOMATIC). I then started overclocking my CPU from 3.4 to around 3.8 and got everything running comfortably. there is SOME glitch where if i run the ASRock tuning utility program while overclocking it gives me about 50 errors in a row and then crashes my computer. if i run the same overclock with no tuning utility program running and just speedfan i can use speedfan to regulate my fans, but when i set all the sensors and the automatic fans it will only lower it to the minimum and never goes max even when passed the warning temp. i can manually adjust the fans, but i'd hate to forget one day and overheat my CPU. my question would be, 1) why is my ASRock tuning utility crashing my computer when i overclock. 2) the hyper 212 evo IS a 4 pin and it was already regulating fan speed on the ASRock tuner so why would it not work on the speedfan when everything is setup seemingly correctly.

the hyper 212 evo CPU fan is the only thing i'm trying to regulate the speed of. i have knobs on the computer case for the case fans to manually adjust them, but i would like the CPU fan to auto regulate to the temps i have set while i am gaming heavily.

as of now i am just manually setting my fans to 100% in speedfan when i game and putting them to 45% when im just idling around but i have forgotten a few times and noticed the temp while its rising so i'd rather take the forgetful middle man out of the equation and let the speedfan do it for me.

 

[CursedSeal7]

i wrote the post a bit hastily at first. my specs are

Sentey Abaddom II - case with fans
ASRock 970 extreme 4 - mobo
AMD X4 3.4 965 black edition - cpu
cooler master hyper 212 evo - cpu cooler
8GB Crucial ram

I used to run everything stock with no overclocking and i used the ASRock tuning utility program to control my fans automatically (AND IT WORKED FINE ON AUTOMATIC). I then started overclocking my CPU from 3.4 to around 3.8 and got everything running comfortably. there is SOME glitch where if i run the ASRock tuning utility program while overclocking it gives me about 50 errors in a row and then crashes my computer. if i run the same overclock with no tuning utility program running and just speedfan i can use speedfan to regulate my fans, but when i set all the sensors and the automatic fans it will only lower it to the minimum and never goes max even when passed the warning temp. i can manually adjust the fans, but i'd hate to forget one day and overheat my CPU. my question would be, 1) why is my ASRock tuning utility crashing my computer when i overclock. 2) the hyper 212 evo IS a 4 pin and it was already regulating fan speed on the ASRock tuner so why would it not work on the speedfan when everything is setup seemingly correctly.

the hyper 212 evo CPU fan is the only thing i'm trying to regulate the speed of. i have knobs on the computer case for the case fans to manually adjust them, but i would like the CPU fan to auto regulate to the temps i have set while i am gaming heavily.

as of now i am just manually setting my fans to 100% in speedfan when i game and putting them to 45% when im just idling around but i have forgotten a few times and noticed the temp while its rising so i'd rather take the forgetful middle man out of the equation and let the speedfan do it for me.

Seems that you're in quite a unique scenario. I'd suggest just leaving it running at 100%, if it isn't too loud. If you felt like upgrading, you could always go for a CM Seidon closed loop liquid cooler/ Corsair H50 liquid cooler and use that in conjunction with regular 4 pin header case fans on the radiator and control those. As for the matter of the crashing with the ASRock utility, your best bet is to record what the errors are, and send an email or chat to ASRock support, they're pretty good at helping out with edge cases like that.