"ASUS P5Q Deluxe discussion".

[Ice009]

Hey guys,

I don't know if this is a noob question, but I just got a new system a couple of months ago P5Q-Deluxe, Q9550 etc. Just to clarify I didn't build it myself. The question I want to ask is in regards to the CPU fan. I think it was last week I noticed that the CPU fan wasn't spinning. I seem to remember it stopped running shortly after the system was in sleep mode. It's a Noctua 1300rpm fan on a TRUE.

The place I bought it from said this is normal and to go into the Bios and disable Q-Fan. Well I went into the Bios and Q-Fan is not enabled, it's already disabled. I tried unplugging the fan and noticed some dust on it so I blew it out and plugged it back in and on bootup it started working, then again today I noticed it stopped spinning.

Is there some other setting like Q-Fan I need to disable? I just want the fan to run at full speed all the time. If there is no other setting to try what should I do? Should I try a different fan or could the CPU fan header in the MB be faulty? It's plugged directly into the CPU fan header with the 3 pin plug.

Could it be a Bios problem? The MB is still running 0704.

[Ice009]

Anyone got any idea?

I'm not too keen leaving the Q9550 passive cooled.

[mozis]

Anyone got any idea?

I'm not too keen leaving the Q9550 passive cooled.

OK if no one else replied so far, ill give it a try:

No other setting like q-fan in BIOS that i know of...

I dont have any straight answer to your question but if i were you, i would:
1. plug it into one of the chassis fan connectors
2. just change the fan, see if its working properly...

And i would update the BIOS - thats for sure.

Perhaps ppl, who actually use/used Noctua as a CPU fan on that mobo can comment on this1 and give you better answers/advices.

[Shtrafenhoofen]

Does this happen only in sleep mode ? If so you have nothing to worry about

I tried unplugging the fan and noticed some dust on it so I blew it out and plugged it back in and on bootup it started working, then again today I noticed it stopped spinning.

sounds like theres nothing wrong with the fan/mb,I also usea noctua to cool my cpu and in sleep mode all fans shut down hence "sleep mode"

[Ice009]

Does this happen only in sleep mode ? If so you have nothing to worry about



sounds like theres nothing wrong with the fan/mb,I also usea noctua to cool my cpu and in sleep mode all fans shut down hence "sleep mode"

Nope like I said I noticed it stopped spinning last week a little while after coming out of sleep mode. What I did then was turn the computer off a couple of times and it started working again by itself. Yesterday I tried doing the same thing, but it didn't work so I took the fan out gave it a clean uplugged it and plugged it back in and it started working again, then again was I was browsing the net it stopped spinning again.

It's not spinning right now, but the TRUE is keeping the CPU cool enough as the ambient temperature is quite low.

[Ice009]

OK if no one else replied so far, ill give it a try:

No other setting like q-fan in BIOS that i know of...

I dont have any straight answer to your question but if i were you, i would:
1. plug it into one of the chassis fan connectors
2. just change the fan, see if its working properly...

And i would update the BIOS - thats for sure.

Perhaps ppl, who actually use/used Noctua as a CPU fan on that mobo can comment on this1 and give you better answers/advices.

I'll try your suggestions thank you. I just hope it's not the MB that is screwed.

Should I update to the latest Bios or is there a different one to use? Also when updating do I have to reset the old Bios or can I just leave all the settings and update?