BIOS Fan Controller on DFI nForce4

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BaBaBooey
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BIOS Fan Controller on DFI nForce4

Post by BaBaBooey » Sun Jun 05, 2005 3:13 pm

I just bought a DFI LP Ultra-D mainboard and I am planning on leaving the stock heatsink fan on the nForce4 chipset. I was reading Mike Chin's review on the Antec Phantom 500 and he said he controlled the RPMs of that chipset fan via the BIOS. Can anyone give me details on where to find that option and any other information like if it does quiet it down and if the temps go super high if it slows down? I'm going to have a 120mm Nexus going full speed at the intake so hopefully some air should blow over it.

Thanks in advance for your help!

BaBaBooey
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Post by BaBaBooey » Thu Jun 09, 2005 8:24 pm

Please? Anyone with a DFI nForce4 board?

Thanks

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Post by nici » Fri Jun 10, 2005 4:15 am

bollox... Cant remember now, ill check when i restart.

winguy
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Post by winguy » Fri Jun 10, 2005 9:58 pm

Its in PC Health Status. Something similar to this:
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It says in the manual:
CPUFan Turn Off If CPUTemp
This field is used to select the CPU temperature that will allow the
CPU fan to rotate at a start speed which is the slowest speed.


Anyone knows what exactly is start speed, or more specifically, what voltage is it supplying at this slowest speed?

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Post by ilovecables » Tue Jun 21, 2005 9:50 am

If you have the ITE Smart Guardian installed (on the CD with the chipset drivers) you can adjust the fan to spin slower and set the full speed to start at a higher temp.

winguy
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Post by winguy » Wed Jun 22, 2005 6:29 am

winguy wrote: Anyone knows what exactly is start speed, or more specifically, what voltage is it supplying at this slowest speed?
A friend measured starting voltage to be ~4.2V. I don't know if he got that right though.

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