fan help

[unofficialPete]

just got my PC back from Acer repair and no suprises its not all smooth!

My fans running at a high speed and its a noisy mother of a fan! I havn't had the PC for a few weeks and it wasn't exactly quite originally but is there anyway to check the speed and alter it?

 

[Gareth]

you may be able to get the fan speed through the BIOS?

 

[Griff]

http://www.almico.com/speedfan.php

 

[unofficialPete]

Not having much luck with that programme says its around the 3-4kRPM mark but can't see anywhere to turn it down more, sonds like it'll be easier to buy an Ultra Silent Case Fan

 

[Final Maxim]

get a fan controller? think i paid a fiver for mine, great for when you wanna leave the pc on overnight n turn the fans down so theyre quiet.

 

[Steve]

I had the same prob with my DELL, it died soon after...............................

 

[unofficialPete]

Cheers, was looking at controllers, can crank it when playing half life2 and turn it down when its annoying me, not sure theres any space on the front of my case mind

steve did the fan die or the pc :S

 

[Final Maxim]

it fits into the spare 3 1/2 floppy drive (if your case has 2 slots for floppys)

 

[unofficialPete]

I've got floppy and a card reader drive on the front d'oh

 

[Steve]

PC blue screens of death followed by sata hd fail..........................

 

[unofficialPete]

..if that happens i'm gonna cry its been back to Acer 5 times already luckily they have extended my warranty, grrr

 

[Griff]

Not having much luck with that programme says its around the 3-4kRPM mark but can't see anywhere to turn it down more,http://www.lowestonweb.com/Products/DisplayInfoMain.asp?e=A48B5D9B-8B90-439C-99D0-28D5E8F8FC0B

That's what the program is designed for... Adjusting fan speeds hence the name SPeedfan. The main page allows you to adjust the speed of various fans in your PC from 100% down to 0% (off).

 

[unofficialPete]

Sorry should have explained better, unless I'm missing something (very likely) the fan causing all the noise is Fan 1, which is set to 2%, putting it down to zero does nothing. Oddly I'm not hearing noise from the other fan, best open it up!

 

[unofficialPete]

Is 3245 RPM over the top, or is it just being crap and noisy i.e. no real problem, its not at full speed at leaste

 

[Griff]

Looking at that screenshot the fan is still running at full speed even though you've set it to 2%. You probably need to read the manual and alter the fan from Bios controlled/Smart fan to "software controlled".

 

[unofficialPete]

It would appear that Fan 1 is the CPU fan and the case fan isn't on that list, will have a look around bios see if i can work it out, I presume that 3245RPM is fine for a cpu fan?!

 

[Griff]

Yup.. The smaller the fan the faster it spins. My CPU fan is at about 4000rpm and my chipset fan at about 7000rpm.