I'm also disappointed with the 9500. My temps on an X2-4400 are not bad (38/49 at 1.4V) but they are worse than the stock x2-4400 AMD hs was...to top it off the Zalman also hurts the MB temps slightly - about 3 degrees hotter than before the Zalman...I wonder if I have the "convex" edition?Originally Posted by djneils98
i have the same cooler on an opty 165 on the A8N32 and am getting 43c idle, 55c load at 1.4v
Hi everyone. uber-newbie here (new to the forum, new owner of the a8n32, new pc builder!). I have a bunch of questions related to this board but i'll start with the first issue i noticed. hopefully someone smarter than me can explain this. I have:
A8N32
Seasonic S12-600W psu
I have the S12's fan plugged to the motherboard's pwr connector. When I launch PC Probe (the tool that comes with the Asus utilities) it starts an alarm saying my PSU fan is too slow. It has it rated at ~800 RPM. From what I understand the S12 is a quiet psu and doesn't speed up the fan unless things get really hot. Can I safely ignore this warning?
Thank you all for your help.
I don't know much about that board(or asus probe, haven't used that in 5 years), but usually you can set the alarm parameters to what you want, so I would try and set it to go into alarm when it is a bit lower than what the fan is spinning at.
Maybe I'm wrong here, but I know that when using most of these programs you can adjust what speed/temp the alarm triggers.
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A fan with 800RPM default speed is inadequate for you CPU.
Unless you get 800RPM when you enable Quiet fan.
In this case just disable Quiet fan.
PCProbe II has a 800RPM lower limit and this is OK.
You need to monitor your CPU fan.
Change it.
You can allways quiet down a louder fan capable to work with recuced voltage by enabling Quiet fan.
Last edited by Marios; 01-18-2006 at 10:22 AM.
sorry but just so i'm not confused, i'm not referring to the heatsink fan. I'm taking about the large 120mm fan on the power supply unit. it has a lead which i've connected to the PWR connector on the motherboard. It is this fan which PC Probe is giving me an alarm.
Don't worry about it. Disable monitoring the S12-600's fan in the BIOS. The S12-600 is a super-efficient PSU that generates very, very little heat. It's fan is designed to run at very low RPMs but it will go higher if it ever needs to--it has its own thermal sensor.
I've never seen mine go above ~800 either. Enjoy its quiet operation and unbelievably rock-steady (ALWAYS within 1% of nominal) power rails.
Last edited by Cisco; 01-18-2006 at 10:40 AM.
I know what you're saying. I have the same PSU and mobo but not your problem - but then, I haven't connected the lead to the PWR connector. Is it the blue/black one with the fan header connector? Why don't you just unplug it?
sorry i dont know the colour off the top of my head (i'm at work at the moment
yes i could unplug it. i take it you're using a 3pin to 4pin molex adapter? (or some sort of fan control device)? As to why i connected it to begin with - i was just following the directions in the asus manual (remeber: newbie pc builder here).
but if cisco agrees and this is normal then i will just disable that alert in pc probe. thank you all again.
I reseated my 9500 and used AS5 and temps have dropped by about 10c - now 41c idle and 51c load - and thats in a P180 with the side on with the 165 @ 2.6ghz (290x9) and 1.44v reported in AIboosterI'm also disappointed with the 9500. My temps on an X2-4400 are not bad (38/49 at 1.4V) but they are worse than the stock x2-4400 AMD hs was...to top it off the Zalman also hurts the MB temps slightly - about 3 degrees hotter than before the Zalman...I wonder if I have the "convex" edition?
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