Manually controlling fan speed

nullifer · January 5th, 2009

Hello,

Ok I have tried out Speed fan but it just doesn't seem to actually work...

I have even looked up tutorials about it, but no one actually knows how to use this program it seems...

Anyways.

I'm looking for a method to manually controll the speed of my cpu fan, but in my bios i only seem to have 3 selections, silent, standard, and turbo.

See I want to enter an actually number or something like that, so I can decide specificly how fast i prefer it to go.

please help.
thanks!

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Graphics Card:Twintech GeForce 9800 GTX+ 512MB XT OC Edition HeatPipe FAN, (2 fans)
Motherboard:Asus P5Q-E,
CPU:Intel Core 2 Duo E8500 Box, 3,16 GHZ (Stock) My First OC:: 4,5GHZ current: 4,3GHZ
Ram: 2X2GB DDR2 PC2-6400 Corsair C4 XMS2 DHX
CPU Cooling: Arctic Cooler Freezer Pro 7
PSU: Tagan TG700-BZ PipeRock Series 700W
Sound Card: M-Audio FastTrakPro
Monitors (Speakers): Alesis M1 Active
HeadPhones: AKG K141Studio
KeyBoard: LogiTech G11
Mouse: ... I'm getting there...

MrPink · January 5th, 2009

i started a thread asking about the same thing a little while ago; don't expect anyone here to know either

i think the best way is to get something like the fanmate, or a different fan controller. I have one around somewhere, just need to find it and hook it up. I also have speedfan, and can't figure out it's use beyond measuring cpu temps.

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Spyhop · January 5th, 2009

Googling's hard
Using SpeedFan to automatically control your PC’s fan speeds » unitstep.net

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nullifer · January 6th, 2009

If I didn't google it and watch the tutorials/ect... I wouldn't know that this program exsist.

__________________

Graphics Card:Twintech GeForce 9800 GTX+ 512MB XT OC Edition HeatPipe FAN, (2 fans)
Motherboard:Asus P5Q-E,
CPU:Intel Core 2 Duo E8500 Box, 3,16 GHZ (Stock) My First OC:: 4,5GHZ current: 4,3GHZ
Ram: 2X2GB DDR2 PC2-6400 Corsair C4 XMS2 DHX
CPU Cooling: Arctic Cooler Freezer Pro 7
PSU: Tagan TG700-BZ PipeRock Series 700W
Sound Card: M-Audio FastTrakPro
Monitors (Speakers): Alesis M1 Active
HeadPhones: AKG K141Studio
KeyBoard: LogiTech G11
Mouse: ... I'm getting there...

stpdrgstr · January 6th, 2009

It would be nice to know if there's some program allowing even an "overdrive", I mean, going beyond the fan's max velocity.

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nullifer · January 6th, 2009

I'm looking for something that will just let me input the number of RPMS I want....

__________________

Graphics Card:Twintech GeForce 9800 GTX+ 512MB XT OC Edition HeatPipe FAN, (2 fans)
Motherboard:Asus P5Q-E,
CPU:Intel Core 2 Duo E8500 Box, 3,16 GHZ (Stock) My First OC:: 4,5GHZ current: 4,3GHZ
Ram: 2X2GB DDR2 PC2-6400 Corsair C4 XMS2 DHX
CPU Cooling: Arctic Cooler Freezer Pro 7
PSU: Tagan TG700-BZ PipeRock Series 700W
Sound Card: M-Audio FastTrakPro
Monitors (Speakers): Alesis M1 Active
HeadPhones: AKG K141Studio
KeyBoard: LogiTech G11
Mouse: ... I'm getting there...

**SCHUMI_4EVER** · January 6th, 2009

Nothing like that exists...and physical fan controller is as close as you will get.

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nullifer · January 6th, 2009

Panel?

something like this?

__________________

Graphics Card:Twintech GeForce 9800 GTX+ 512MB XT OC Edition HeatPipe FAN, (2 fans)
Motherboard:Asus P5Q-E,
CPU:Intel Core 2 Duo E8500 Box, 3,16 GHZ (Stock) My First OC:: 4,5GHZ current: 4,3GHZ
Ram: 2X2GB DDR2 PC2-6400 Corsair C4 XMS2 DHX
CPU Cooling: Arctic Cooler Freezer Pro 7
PSU: Tagan TG700-BZ PipeRock Series 700W
Sound Card: M-Audio FastTrakPro
Monitors (Speakers): Alesis M1 Active
HeadPhones: AKG K141Studio
KeyBoard: LogiTech G11
Mouse: ... I'm getting there...

**SCHUMI_4EVER** · January 6th, 2009

Yep. That's as close as you're going to get to specifically setting RPM

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Intel Core2Quad Q9550 (2.83Ghz stock) | ASUS P5Q | 2x2GB Transcend JetRam DDR2-800 | ASUS ENGTX260\HDTP\896M | Windows Vista Home Premium 64bit SP1

The Champ has retired but may his Legacy live on FOREVER !!!!

No$GBA DS FAQ 2.0

Get it right fools! The glass is HALF-EMPTY, not half-full!!!

!!! WARNING: Emulation requires a brain !!! WARNING: Emulation =/= Piracy !!!

skoreanime · January 7th, 2009

Much more satisfying controlling your fans with a physical nob. No point in installing bloatware just to control your fans

nullifer · January 7th, 2009

Any recommendations on what kind and model?
I have seen a few that I'm liking.
But I always like to get some opinions before making my decision.

__________________

Graphics Card:Twintech GeForce 9800 GTX+ 512MB XT OC Edition HeatPipe FAN, (2 fans)
Motherboard:Asus P5Q-E,
CPU:Intel Core 2 Duo E8500 Box, 3,16 GHZ (Stock) My First OC:: 4,5GHZ current: 4,3GHZ
Ram: 2X2GB DDR2 PC2-6400 Corsair C4 XMS2 DHX
CPU Cooling: Arctic Cooler Freezer Pro 7
PSU: Tagan TG700-BZ PipeRock Series 700W
Sound Card: M-Audio FastTrakPro
Monitors (Speakers): Alesis M1 Active
HeadPhones: AKG K141Studio
KeyBoard: LogiTech G11
Mouse: ... I'm getting there...

skoreanime · January 7th, 2009

Well, how many fans exactly?

The industry standard is 4 fans for a controller. Some have the odd 6 (like mine, 4 knobs and 2 toggles) and 8. The fancier ones have big displays with temp monitoring, time/date, fan RPMs etc... But those are grossly overpriced and worthless.

nullifer · January 7th, 2009

Well I was thinking about just hooking up the cpu cooler to the fan controller, but I just ordered 2 more Arctic cooling exhaust fans, so i might hook them up as well.
Arctic-Cooling 12 PWM - 120 mm

__________________

Graphics Card:Twintech GeForce 9800 GTX+ 512MB XT OC Edition HeatPipe FAN, (2 fans)
Motherboard:Asus P5Q-E,
CPU:Intel Core 2 Duo E8500 Box, 3,16 GHZ (Stock) My First OC:: 4,5GHZ current: 4,3GHZ
Ram: 2X2GB DDR2 PC2-6400 Corsair C4 XMS2 DHX
CPU Cooling: Arctic Cooler Freezer Pro 7
PSU: Tagan TG700-BZ PipeRock Series 700W
Sound Card: M-Audio FastTrakPro
Monitors (Speakers): Alesis M1 Active
HeadPhones: AKG K141Studio
KeyBoard: LogiTech G11
Mouse: ... I'm getting there...

skoreanime · January 7th, 2009

Ah, the PWMs... Those can easily be controlled if you hook them up into the motherboard I heard, so a fan controller would be kind of pointless.

1 CPU fan, 2 exhaust and 1 intake is what you have I take it? Or is it just 2 exhaust and 1 CPU fan?

nullifer · January 7th, 2009

my intake is open.
My room is cold.

I also read in a few places that having intake fans can sometimes disrupt the air flow of the cpu cooler to the cpu itself

If you think it is acutally better to get an intake as well, I'll hook up one of the PWMs as an intake, put one as an exhaust and keep a standard as an exhaust.

__________________

Graphics Card:Twintech GeForce 9800 GTX+ 512MB XT OC Edition HeatPipe FAN, (2 fans)
Motherboard:Asus P5Q-E,
CPU:Intel Core 2 Duo E8500 Box, 3,16 GHZ (Stock) My First OC:: 4,5GHZ current: 4,3GHZ
Ram: 2X2GB DDR2 PC2-6400 Corsair C4 XMS2 DHX
CPU Cooling: Arctic Cooler Freezer Pro 7
PSU: Tagan TG700-BZ PipeRock Series 700W
Sound Card: M-Audio FastTrakPro
Monitors (Speakers): Alesis M1 Active
HeadPhones: AKG K141Studio
KeyBoard: LogiTech G11
Mouse: ... I'm getting there...

January 5th, 2009	#1 (permalink)
nullifer Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Tokyo, Japan Posts: 102	Manually controlling fan speed Hello, Ok I have tried out Speed fan but it just doesn't seem to actually work... I have even looked up tutorials about it, but no one actually knows how to use this program it seems... Anyways. I'm looking for a method to manually controll the speed of my cpu fan, but in my bios i only seem to have 3 selections, silent, standard, and turbo. See I want to enter an actually number or something like that, so I can decide specificly how fast i prefer it to go. please help. thanks! __________________ Graphics Card:Twintech GeForce 9800 GTX+ 512MB XT OC Edition HeatPipe FAN, (2 fans) Motherboard:Asus P5Q-E, CPU:Intel Core 2 Duo E8500 Box, 3,16 GHZ (Stock) My First OC:: 4,5GHZ current: 4,3GHZ Ram: 2X2GB DDR2 PC2-6400 Corsair C4 XMS2 DHX CPU Cooling: Arctic Cooler Freezer Pro 7 PSU: Tagan TG700-BZ PipeRock Series 700W Sound Card: M-Audio FastTrakPro Monitors (Speakers): Alesis M1 Active HeadPhones: AKG K141Studio KeyBoard: LogiTech G11 Mouse: ... I'm getting there...

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January 5th, 2009	#2 (permalink)
MrPink McRoll'd Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Home Posts: 708	i started a thread asking about the same thing a little while ago; don't expect anyone here to know either i think the best way is to get something like the fanmate, or a different fan controller. I have one around somewhere, just need to find it and hook it up. I also have speedfan, and can't figure out it's use beyond measuring cpu temps. __________________ Intel Q9550 @ 3.2ghz 1.2V l 4GB G.Skill Pi Series DDR2 1004MHz @ 5-5-5-15 1.8V l BFG 9800GX2 @ 600/1000 \| ASUS P5Q-E l PC Power & Cooling Silencer 750 Quad l 2x Seagate 250GB SATA, WD 500GB SATA \| Antec 1200 l OCZ Vendetta 2 with Scythe "Ultra Kaze" l Windows Vista Home Premium 64-bit \|

January 5th, 2009	#3 (permalink)
Spyhop Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Edmonton Posts: 3,801	Googling's hard Using SpeedFan to automatically control your PC’s fan speeds » unitstep.net __________________ WINTERFELL - C2D E8400 - DFI Lanparty JR P45-T2RS MATX Motherboard - Mushkin Redline PC2 8000 DDr2 - EVGA Geforce GTX 285 - Silverstone SG01 case RIVERRUN - Pentium DC 2.5ghz - 4GB OCZ DDR2 - Cheapie ASUS Motherboard w/onboard vid - Antec Sonata III KING'S LANDING - 80GB Playstation 3

January 6th, 2009	#4 (permalink)
nullifer Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Tokyo, Japan Posts: 102	If I didn't google it and watch the tutorials/ect... I wouldn't know that this program exsist. __________________ Graphics Card:Twintech GeForce 9800 GTX+ 512MB XT OC Edition HeatPipe FAN, (2 fans) Motherboard:Asus P5Q-E, CPU:Intel Core 2 Duo E8500 Box, 3,16 GHZ (Stock) My First OC:: 4,5GHZ current: 4,3GHZ Ram: 2X2GB DDR2 PC2-6400 Corsair C4 XMS2 DHX CPU Cooling: Arctic Cooler Freezer Pro 7 PSU: Tagan TG700-BZ PipeRock Series 700W Sound Card: M-Audio FastTrakPro Monitors (Speakers): Alesis M1 Active HeadPhones: AKG K141Studio KeyBoard: LogiTech G11 Mouse: ... I'm getting there...

January 6th, 2009	#5 (permalink)
stpdrgstr Registered User Join Date: May 2008 Location: Land of Awesome Posts: 159	It would be nice to know if there's some program allowing even an "overdrive", I mean, going beyond the fan's max velocity. __________________ My rig: ASUS P5QC - c2d wolfdale e8400 @3.60ghz - ASUS Silent Knight - 2x1 GB RAM DDR2 800 Geil - Ati Radeon MSI HD4870 512 MBs 780:1000 - Enermax Modu82+ 620w - 2x160GBs SATA Western Digital - Antec P182

January 6th, 2009	#6 (permalink)
nullifer Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Tokyo, Japan Posts: 102	I'm looking for something that will just let me input the number of RPMS I want.... __________________ Graphics Card:Twintech GeForce 9800 GTX+ 512MB XT OC Edition HeatPipe FAN, (2 fans) Motherboard:Asus P5Q-E, CPU:Intel Core 2 Duo E8500 Box, 3,16 GHZ (Stock) My First OC:: 4,5GHZ current: 4,3GHZ Ram: 2X2GB DDR2 PC2-6400 Corsair C4 XMS2 DHX CPU Cooling: Arctic Cooler Freezer Pro 7 PSU: Tagan TG700-BZ PipeRock Series 700W Sound Card: M-Audio FastTrakPro Monitors (Speakers): Alesis M1 Active HeadPhones: AKG K141Studio KeyBoard: LogiTech G11 Mouse: ... I'm getting there...

January 6th, 2009	#7 (permalink)
SCHUMI_4EVER Hackin 'n Slashin Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Corrupt Rapist run South Africa Posts: 11,324	Nothing like that exists...and physical fan controller is as close as you will get. __________________ Intel Core2Quad Q9550 (2.83Ghz stock) \| ASUS P5Q \| 2x2GB Transcend JetRam DDR2-800 \| ASUS ENGTX260\HDTP\896M \| Windows Vista Home Premium 64bit SP1 The Champ has retired but may his Legacy live on FOREVER !!!! No$GBA DS FAQ 2.0 Get it right fools! The glass is HALF-EMPTY, not half-full!!! !!! WARNING: Emulation requires a brain !!! WARNING: Emulation =/= Piracy !!!

January 6th, 2009	#8 (permalink)
nullifer Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Tokyo, Japan Posts: 102	Panel? something like this? __________________ Graphics Card:Twintech GeForce 9800 GTX+ 512MB XT OC Edition HeatPipe FAN, (2 fans) Motherboard:Asus P5Q-E, CPU:Intel Core 2 Duo E8500 Box, 3,16 GHZ (Stock) My First OC:: 4,5GHZ current: 4,3GHZ Ram: 2X2GB DDR2 PC2-6400 Corsair C4 XMS2 DHX CPU Cooling: Arctic Cooler Freezer Pro 7 PSU: Tagan TG700-BZ PipeRock Series 700W Sound Card: M-Audio FastTrakPro Monitors (Speakers): Alesis M1 Active HeadPhones: AKG K141Studio KeyBoard: LogiTech G11 Mouse: ... I'm getting there...

January 6th, 2009	#9 (permalink)
SCHUMI_4EVER Hackin 'n Slashin Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Corrupt Rapist run South Africa Posts: 11,324	Yep. That's as close as you're going to get to specifically setting RPM __________________ Intel Core2Quad Q9550 (2.83Ghz stock) \| ASUS P5Q \| 2x2GB Transcend JetRam DDR2-800 \| ASUS ENGTX260\HDTP\896M \| Windows Vista Home Premium 64bit SP1 The Champ has retired but may his Legacy live on FOREVER !!!! No$GBA DS FAQ 2.0 Get it right fools! The glass is HALF-EMPTY, not half-full!!! !!! WARNING: Emulation requires a brain !!! WARNING: Emulation =/= Piracy !!!

January 7th, 2009	#10 (permalink)
skoreanime Your resident reaper... Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Canada Posts: 6,031	Much more satisfying controlling your fans with a physical nob. No point in installing bloatware just to control your fans

January 7th, 2009	#11 (permalink)
nullifer Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Tokyo, Japan Posts: 102	Any recommendations on what kind and model? I have seen a few that I'm liking. But I always like to get some opinions before making my decision. __________________ Graphics Card:Twintech GeForce 9800 GTX+ 512MB XT OC Edition HeatPipe FAN, (2 fans) Motherboard:Asus P5Q-E, CPU:Intel Core 2 Duo E8500 Box, 3,16 GHZ (Stock) My First OC:: 4,5GHZ current: 4,3GHZ Ram: 2X2GB DDR2 PC2-6400 Corsair C4 XMS2 DHX CPU Cooling: Arctic Cooler Freezer Pro 7 PSU: Tagan TG700-BZ PipeRock Series 700W Sound Card: M-Audio FastTrakPro Monitors (Speakers): Alesis M1 Active HeadPhones: AKG K141Studio KeyBoard: LogiTech G11 Mouse: ... I'm getting there...

January 7th, 2009	#12 (permalink)
skoreanime Your resident reaper... Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Canada Posts: 6,031	Well, how many fans exactly? The industry standard is 4 fans for a controller. Some have the odd 6 (like mine, 4 knobs and 2 toggles) and 8. The fancier ones have big displays with temp monitoring, time/date, fan RPMs etc... But those are grossly overpriced and worthless.

January 7th, 2009	#13 (permalink)
nullifer Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Tokyo, Japan Posts: 102	Well I was thinking about just hooking up the cpu cooler to the fan controller, but I just ordered 2 more Arctic cooling exhaust fans, so i might hook them up as well. Arctic-Cooling 12 PWM - 120 mm __________________ Graphics Card:Twintech GeForce 9800 GTX+ 512MB XT OC Edition HeatPipe FAN, (2 fans) Motherboard:Asus P5Q-E, CPU:Intel Core 2 Duo E8500 Box, 3,16 GHZ (Stock) My First OC:: 4,5GHZ current: 4,3GHZ Ram: 2X2GB DDR2 PC2-6400 Corsair C4 XMS2 DHX CPU Cooling: Arctic Cooler Freezer Pro 7 PSU: Tagan TG700-BZ PipeRock Series 700W Sound Card: M-Audio FastTrakPro Monitors (Speakers): Alesis M1 Active HeadPhones: AKG K141Studio KeyBoard: LogiTech G11 Mouse: ... I'm getting there...

January 7th, 2009	#14 (permalink)
skoreanime Your resident reaper... Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Canada Posts: 6,031	Ah, the PWMs... Those can easily be controlled if you hook them up into the motherboard I heard, so a fan controller would be kind of pointless. 1 CPU fan, 2 exhaust and 1 intake is what you have I take it? Or is it just 2 exhaust and 1 CPU fan?

January 7th, 2009	#15 (permalink)
nullifer Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Tokyo, Japan Posts: 102	my intake is open. My room is cold. I also read in a few places that having intake fans can sometimes disrupt the air flow of the cpu cooler to the cpu itself If you think it is acutally better to get an intake as well, I'll hook up one of the PWMs as an intake, put one as an exhaust and keep a standard as an exhaust. __________________ Graphics Card:Twintech GeForce 9800 GTX+ 512MB XT OC Edition HeatPipe FAN, (2 fans) Motherboard:Asus P5Q-E, CPU:Intel Core 2 Duo E8500 Box, 3,16 GHZ (Stock) My First OC:: 4,5GHZ current: 4,3GHZ Ram: 2X2GB DDR2 PC2-6400 Corsair C4 XMS2 DHX CPU Cooling: Arctic Cooler Freezer Pro 7 PSU: Tagan TG700-BZ PipeRock Series 700W Sound Card: M-Audio FastTrakPro Monitors (Speakers): Alesis M1 Active HeadPhones: AKG K141Studio KeyBoard: LogiTech G11 Mouse: ... I'm getting there...