CPU Fan not doing what its supposed to do!

2008-01-03 15:29:00

#1

eEyOrE: LINKS 2 3 4; +14|6474|Berlin, Germany

Hey guys!

so i bought a new pc 2day, including a cpu fan from Thermaltake: Blue Orb FX. the fan has LEDs on it that are supposed to display the noise of the fan as well as the temperature of the cpu. it is connected to the mainboard via this 3-pol cable (sry, no idea what to call it). however, the place the cable is plugged onto has 4 of those little metal pieces that you stick the cable on....

http://www.dvhardware.net/review97_blueorb-fx.html

however, my blue orb doenst display the noise level nor the temperature. the red leds work, but no informaton is being displayed. besides that, the cooler works fine.

so, im wondering why that is? do i have to change settinsg in the bios?

my machine:
intel core 2 duo e6750 (2 x 2.66 GHz)
4096 MB DDR2 RAM (4 x 1024)
ASUS EN8800GTS 640MB DDR3
500GB HDD
Gigabyte GA-P35-DS3

thx in advance guys!!!

eEyOrE

2008-01-03 16:06:27

#2

Volatile: Member; +252|7182|Sextupling in Empire

The slot you're plugging the fan into, does it say "sysfan" or "CPUfan"?

2008-01-03 16:20:33

#3

eEyOrE: LINKS 2 3 4; +14|6474|Berlin, Germany

CPU fan

2008-01-03 16:39:34

#4

Freezer7Pro: I don't come here a lot anymore.; +1,447|6675|Winland

Read the manual and check if it needs somekind fo configurating.

The idea of any hi-fi system is to reproduce the source material as faithfully as possible, and to deliberately add distortion to everything you hear (due to amplifier deficiencies) because it sounds 'nice' is simply not high fidelity. If that is what you want to hear then there is no problem with that, but by adding so much additional material (by way of harmonics and intermodulation) you have a tailored sound system, not a hi-fi. - Rod Elliot, ESP

2008-01-04 02:19:16

#5

eEyOrE: LINKS 2 3 4; +14|6474|Berlin, Germany

right, i fixed it, thx for the help anyway!!!

2008-01-04 02:58:40

#6

']['error: Banned; +630|7122|The Netherlands

eEyOrE wrote:
right, i fixed it, thx for the help anyway!!!

and how did you fixed it? I mean if any people in the future run into the same problem, they don't have to ask it again.

This has been bothering me for a while now when I'm looking for a solution for a problem on google/forums: I find a topic somewhere wich describes the exact same problem as I have, I scroll down excited("yayz here comes the solution") and the OP says somewhere down: "nevermind, I fixed it).
I mean, how pointless is that?

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2008-01-04 03:02:25

#7

Nikola Bathory: Karkand T-90 0wnage; +163|7264|Bulgaria

haha, yes, it is pointless!

>>>BF3 Central<<<

2008-01-04 03:26:34

#8

eEyOrE: LINKS 2 3 4; +14|6474|Berlin, Germany

right, okay, goodpoint, here we go..

.....i disabled the cpu fan control in the bios. therefor, i assume, the cpu fan controls its own speed (running at maximum). when the bios controlled the fan, it would regulate its speed (and therefor noise level). now that i disabled this option, the fan fan runs at its maximum, therfore displaying the temperature, but not saving energy.

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