Posts by djtoodles

Quote:Originally Posted by Foxbat121 Not so fast. I did some more testing by encoding a video clip while monitoring the fan speed vs CPU temp. It seems I misunderstood the settings. Target fan speed is what you want as your normal...

Quote:Originally Posted by Foxbat121 The ASRock mobo BIOS fan settings are not very well written IMO. Compared to what I got on Gigabyte Mobos, it is retarded. On Gigabyte, it gives you preset settings (normal, silent etc.) as well...

Quote:Originally Posted by lagittaja Well then it is just your fan speed settings that are the problem. The target temperature and the target fan speed level. I don't have an Asrock motherboard (yet) so I do not know how the...

Quote:Originally Posted by lagittaja Well like other's have said it's either your stock cooler isn't mounted properly or the fan speed setting in your bios is set wrong. Under NORMAL load the cpu shouldn't get hot so the fan...

Thanks for the suggestions guys. I will try the bios update first and report back. Cheers!

Quote:Originally Posted by Sammy2 Those little brass posts are called "stand-offs". If you have a loose one it can create noise for sure.Yeah but i doubt it would create this noise...? its most definatly coming from the CPU fan.

Im wondering if those little brass post that the mb sit on if one wasent tightened all the way would that cause it to be uneven slightly and cause the issue? seems far fetched but thats really the only thing I can think of as far as...

Quote:Originally Posted by Foxbat121 I take the wire out of the retainers and carefully route the wire to make sure none of them touch the fan blades. In mobo BIOS, you can change the option of how the CPU fan should operate. There...

Quote:Originally Posted by JL-F1 I have the same CPU, super quiet Is the CPU fan plugged into the MB? Yes it is plugged into the MB. its super odd to me that the oriignal one i bought and this replacement one are both just as loud....

Quote:Originally Posted by Foxbat121 I had the same CPU and mobo. The CPU fan is quiet on mine. Make sure you didn't run the fan on full speed (even on full speed, the noise level is low). The CPU fan is PWM controlled and should be...