Not until recently I realized the reason my system has been overheating for the last year or so.
Here's the run down. It's difficult to get technical support with gigabyte. I have no idea why but maybe someone will hear me and finally provide a fix. I'm not sure whether it's a bios issue or what. I have attempted to reach out to tech support but didn't get an answer for 2 weeks. Replied and nothing came back. Maybe but one forgets to check once or twice a month.
Symptoms: Computer is put to sleep. On wake my 120mm fan spins up but stops which has been causing all kinds of overheating for the longest time.
I just never thought it would malfunction this way.
Brand: It's a evo 212 with the stock master cooler fan. But this doesn't matter because I've now tested it with a different smaller fan.
Test: I use the stock cooler fan that came with my fx 8350. It's an 80mm so much smaller. Keep in mind I'm using only PWM fans. I set the fan to a high PWM settings so it runs fast on boot and within windows. It is now running around 2000RPM. I then put it to sleep and wake it up. Fan continues to run, unlike the 120mm, but now the fan speed is at 500RPM.
I am running the latest bios currently. I have tested the "previous" non beta bios and currently I am running the beta bios "FDk".
Sleep functions are very important to me. Can I get some kind a help? A bios fix perhaps or some kind of explanation of why it's doing this? Because of this I turn my computer on and off on a frequent basis. Several times a day. It's becoming a major annoyance.
EDIT: They may have sent me a bios that has fixed it. Will test it.
EDIT2: No didn't work. Fan actually runs now but at 195RPM after wake. So I guess it is a bios thing.
