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From: Stuart Chapman on 2 Oct 2005 21:58 Hi all.... Just assembled a new system and have been using ASUS probe to check temps. All temps are OK (CPU ~ 30 C at idle, ~ 40 C under load). I can't figure out what the fan thresholds mean though. I thought these were to give a limit when the fan exceeded the rpm set as a threshold. My chassis fan is continually running beneath the minimum threshold (600 rpm), and this is shown as an alert!. Case is an Antec Sonata, the chassis fan is 120 mm. Can anuone straighten me out on what the fan thresholds mean and how to set them?? Cheers, Stupot
From: Mike Foss on 2 Oct 2005 22:53 "Stuart Chapman" <moc.dnop(a)nampahc.trauts> wrote in message news:Se00f.5534$U51.818(a)news-server.bigpond.net.au... > Hi all.... > > Just assembled a new system and have been using ASUS probe to check temps. > > All temps are OK (CPU ~ 30 C at idle, ~ 40 C under load). I can't figure > out what the fan thresholds mean though. I thought these were to give a > limit when the fan exceeded the rpm set as a threshold. The main purpose of the threshold is to warn you when a fan goes below a given RPM, not above. A 120mm fan needs far less RPM to work than an 80mm. Lower your threshold by going to the Fan Monitor screen. You'll see very small gray blocks on either side of the threshold line. Click and drag it to something like 300 RPM. > My chassis fan is continually running beneath the minimum threshold (600 > rpm), and this is shown as an alert!. > > Case is an Antec Sonata, the chassis fan is 120 mm. > > Can anuone straighten me out on what the fan thresholds mean and how to > set them?? > > Cheers, Stupot
From: Mike Foss on 2 Oct 2005 22:59 "Mike Foss" <nospam(a)rsii.net> wrote in message news:n210f.2385$4h2.1403(a)newsread3.news.pas.earthlink.net... > "Stuart Chapman" <moc.dnop(a)nampahc.trauts> wrote in message news:Se00f.5534$U51.818(a)news-server.bigpond.net.au... > > Hi all.... > > > > Just assembled a new system and have been using ASUS probe to check temps. > > > > All temps are OK (CPU ~ 30 C at idle, ~ 40 C under load). I can't figure > > out what the fan thresholds mean though. I thought these were to give a > > limit when the fan exceeded the rpm set as a threshold. > > The main purpose of the threshold is to warn you when a fan goes > below a given RPM, not above. A 120mm fan needs far less RPM > to work than an 80mm. > > Lower your threshold by going to the Fan Monitor screen. You'll > see very small gray blocks on either side of the threshold line. Click > and drag it to something like 300 RPM. Er, never mind. I just checked and it appears the lowest you can set Asus Probe's fan thresholds to is 600RPM. Only solution is to disable the chassis fan monitor (on the Monitor Summary screen, uncheck the chassis fan box). Or use another monitoring utility. > > My chassis fan is continually running beneath the minimum threshold (600 > > rpm), and this is shown as an alert!. > > > > Case is an Antec Sonata, the chassis fan is 120 mm. > > > > Can anuone straighten me out on what the fan thresholds mean and how to > > set them?? > > > > Cheers, Stupot > >
From: Paul on 2 Oct 2005 23:12 In article <Se00f.5534$U51.818(a)news-server.bigpond.net.au>, Stuart Chapman <moc.dnop(a)nampahc.trauts> wrote: > Hi all.... > > Just assembled a new system and have been using ASUS probe to check temps. > > All temps are OK (CPU ~ 30 C at idle, ~ 40 C under load). I can't figure > out what the fan thresholds mean though. I thought these were to give a > limit when the fan exceeded the rpm set as a threshold. > > My chassis fan is continually running beneath the minimum threshold (600 > rpm), and this is shown as an alert!. > > Case is an Antec Sonata, the chassis fan is 120 mm. > > Can anuone straighten me out on what the fan thresholds mean and how to > set them?? > > Cheers, Stupot If a chassis fan only has two wires, there is no RPM signal to feed to the motherboard. The monitor chip will read zero as a result, and be below threshold. Check the fan cable and see whether it is a two wire or three wire fan. Paul
From: Stuart Chapman on 3 Oct 2005 02:34
Mike Foss wrote: > "Mike Foss" <nospam(a)rsii.net> wrote in message news:n210f.2385$4h2.1403(a)newsread3.news.pas.earthlink.net... > >>"Stuart Chapman" <moc.dnop(a)nampahc.trauts> wrote in message news:Se00f.5534$U51.818(a)news-server.bigpond.net.au... >> >>>Hi all.... >>> >>>Just assembled a new system and have been using ASUS probe to check temps. >>> >>>All temps are OK (CPU ~ 30 C at idle, ~ 40 C under load). I can't figure >>>out what the fan thresholds mean though. I thought these were to give a >>>limit when the fan exceeded the rpm set as a threshold. >> >>The main purpose of the threshold is to warn you when a fan goes >>below a given RPM, not above. A 120mm fan needs far less RPM >>to work than an 80mm. >> >>Lower your threshold by going to the Fan Monitor screen. You'll >>see very small gray blocks on either side of the threshold line. Click >>and drag it to something like 300 RPM. > > > Er, never mind. I just checked and it appears the lowest > you can set Asus Probe's fan thresholds to is 600RPM. > > Only solution is to disable the chassis fan monitor (on the > Monitor Summary screen, uncheck the chassis fan box). > Or use another monitoring utility. > Thanks for the reply, that's what I've ended up doing. Is Asus Probe OK, or would you reccomend a different utility? Stupot |