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Can't manage to manual control the speed of my fans :(

Korah

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Can't manage to manual control the speed of my fans :(
« on: February 02, 2010, 04:31:00 pm »
I have the Gigabyte Ga-p55-us3l rev.1.0 motherboard and I've connected 3 fans on it. 1 is my cpu fan 4pin and 2 case fans 3pin.
The cpu fan I can control it with Easy Tune 6 but the other 2 I cannot :(.
The question is: How can I control the other 2 (without using a fan controler)? Any software available?
BTW Speedfan doesnt work :(

Ty


Edit: I had an older mobo GA-8I945GMF and I could control the 2(cpu and system) fans with speedfan by disabling smart fan control from BIOS.
« Last Edit: February 02, 2010, 04:34:51 pm by Korah »

Re: Can't manage to manual control the speed of my fans :(
« Reply #1 on: July 01, 2010, 01:23:49 pm »
i have the same problem with my 770T-USB3 , with easyTune  only CPU fan can be controlled and i also tried speedfan and that doesnt work , i believe there shud be a software solution for this or else this board sucks , i can control 3 fans on a DFI model! any help wud be appreciated.

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Re: Can't manage to manual control the speed of my fans :(
« Reply #2 on: July 02, 2010, 08:02:50 am »
use 4-pin fan for system fan to be controlled.
enable system smart fan in bios (pc health status menu), if can't find then press ctrl+f1.
use newest bios and newest easytune also, both can be downloaded from giga site
« Last Edit: July 02, 2010, 08:08:44 am by kangoo »

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Re: Can't manage to manual control the speed of my fans :(
« Reply #3 on: July 02, 2010, 10:18:05 am »
As Kangoo says you need to have a four pin fan to be able to control the speed of it. The extra pins apart form the positive and negative are the sensor and the controller.
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Re: Can't manage to manual control the speed of my fans :(
« Reply #4 on: July 02, 2010, 03:08:27 pm »
As Kangoo says you need to have a four pin fan to be able to control the speed of it. The extra pins apart form the positive and negative are the sensor and the controller.

Well yes there is positive, negative, tachometer to report speed and if a forth pin is present this is used for Pulse Width Modulation:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pulse-width_modulation

You are best off leaving the CPU fan to the system, it knows much better than you what speed your fan needs to run at based on temperature.

A decent fan controller isn't going to cost much at all, you can buy many of them very cheaply and most are good quality, I would encourage you to look into buying one if you wish to tone down you fans a little.

I have used many, and find them all the be good. My current one is fantastic, this is it:

http://www.pccasegear.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=408&products_id=8744

You should be able to buy a decent unit for as little as $20 US dollars if you look around.
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