Fan Control With 650I Ultra

[Zenphic]

I just got myself a XFX 650I Ultra and paired it up with a Mystique 632. I'm currently using the stock fans and I got them plugged to the two bottom 3 pin fan connectors of the motherboards. I think they are labelled as System Fan and Chassis Fan. In the bios, I seem to be only able to monitor the RPM of the Chassis Fan. With the dynamic fan control, I am only able to throttle the fan speed from 1250 PRM to 1100 RPM when putting the Chassis Fan Speeds to 1%.

Is these issues normal? :ahhhhh:

[sushrukh]

Welcome Zenphic.Good to see you here & i hope you'll get a proper explanation to this from a peoper person.

[Zenphic]

Thanks for the welcome mate. :)

I heard that this was a common problem with the motherboard, like you can't control the speeds of the fans connected to the motherboards. Hopefully there's a fix or an update for this...

[slugbug]

I never got that far with my XFX 650i so I don't know if that's normal or not. That should be fixable with a future bios update though.

[Zenphic]

Yup, hopefully it will, but the idea of updating the bios freaks me out. I wouldn't want my PC to not post after the update... anyway here are some users on the EVGA forum (http://www.evga.com/forums/tm.asp?m=77880&mpage=1&key=) that complained about the bad fan controlling. Come on, release a new bios! :frown:

[cmfhsu]

Well, my 680i SE's "Chassis fan 2" doesn't have fan control options, even though it shows up in bios, even after the P30 bios update. I think it's faulty, but I don't want to RMA for a fan header, i think I'll wait untill my warranty is almost up, then I'll RMA if it hasn't been fixed. But the faulty fan header is fine for me, because if I want to turn down the fan, I just pull out the cable, and voila the fan is off. otherwise, i just plug it into the "CPU VREG" fan socket... works fine for me. Tell me if I'm breakin my mobo by plugging it into the VREG slot though.

[xfxsupport]

Let me get one set up and test it out. I will get back to you with the results.

[Zenphic]

Good to know. Hopefully you will be able to enlighten me on this subject :)

[Zenphic]

Hm, nvm I guess.

Via a ticket on XFX
[DANIEL_E - 08/30/2007] Hi, the fan control is a hardware feature so the headers that do not have support for the adjustable fan speed will never be able to have a adjustable fan speed. If you have any other questions please let us know. Daniel
So, the fan headers will basically never be able to control fan speeds. I guess I should have just gone with an Asus motherboard with Q-fan or one that advertised as being able to control fan speeds. I figured it was a standard feature nowadays...

[slugbug]

So did I. I'll just be happy to get my board back and get my new rig up and running.

[Zenphic]

Hopefully your RMA is being processed atm and the product being shipped back shorty. As for me, I guess I'll have to consider a 5 1/2" fan controller or some Zalman Fanmates II on my next purchase on NCIX. Cheers