My case is such that I can get close enough to read all the labels on the motherboard so I'm sure about which header is which.
Anyway I investigated a bit more and discovered a curious thing -- I
do see an RPM reading for some fans but not others: the RPM sensing seems not to be working for all kinds of fans at low voltage. In particular I have some Noctua fans which are not sensed correctly.
Rear Fan header at 5.55V (CPU idle with case lid off):
Scythe 80mm (DFS802512L from Ninja Mini HS): 1134 RPM
Sharkoon 80mm golf ball: 367 RPM
Noctua NF-R8 80mm: zero RPM reading (but it is spinning)
Rear Fan 2 (Aux): 11.95V
Scythe: 2063 RPM
Sharkoon: 778 RPM
Noctua: 1909 RPM
Has anyone seen this before?
It's not an issue with one particular Noctua fan -- I have several of them and they consistently give an RPM reading with the Aux header but not the Rear Fan header. I won't be changing the Noctua fans though -- they are really nice and quiet

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CPU fan = fan 1, Rearfan2/Aux= fan 2, Rear Fan = fan 4, so I guess the front fan will turn out to be fan 3.
It would be nice to know what all the temp readings are in the sensors output.
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