5 replies to this topic

[Chris82]

Ok so a while back I made a topic about which of the fans on my computer was making a really weird noise-a dying noise. Well I ruled out the CPU fan, graphics card fan, and now the case fan. I start up my PC today and the CHIP fan (the fan on the mobo) isn't going. I go into the comp setup and hardware temp monitor and it doesn't go. Then, 5 minutes later, it starts up and goes crazy, over 5000rpm, then goes to about 3000, then fluctuates wildly between 2000 and 5000. What is going on??

[Mike2077]

Anonymous is f*ckin with you, better call fox.

[Raccoon00]

Hahaha

Buy a new one??

[Haven]

I don't know your motherboard but I'm sure it's some kind of heatsink/fan combo. I can run my Chipset Fan on 0 RPM's and temperatures never get near dangerous, as long as you have good air flow it shouldn't be a problem. Check the connection on the 3pin fan lead as well....if it comes down to it just get a 3rd party HSF from FrozenCPU or something.

[DarkShadow]

I Actually had a similar problem to this before, see, now that you explained it a little better I think I have an idea why... Go into your setup and look for Q-Fan Control or whatever... it's made as a power saving feature in most asus boards and whatnot, all in all, When It was enabled with my watercooling setup, I found that it would disable any fan that wasn't attached to the watercooling because my CPU was cool.

Hopefully thats the issue.

[The Drizzle]

Yeah disable Q-Fan in the bios. And if you have to replace it, get a nice passive cooler. Those tiny fans are annoying anyway and if you arent overclocking and have halfway decent airflow in your case you can get away with it.

EDIT: They are like $20 too

Edited by The Drizzle, 28 July 2007 - 07:23 AM.