Any way to force change of psu fan speed in windows?

[Fadey]

Basicly my psu fan runs really slow or sometimes stops... other times its fine... is there any way i can enforce its speeds?

 

[zagood]

What PSU? A lot of the ones that have a thermal monitoring adjust the speed accordingly. When the PSU gets hot, the fans turn on. It's for a reason.

Is it too loud? Or too slow? What's the problem...

If it has dual fans, look into getting better airflow through your case (more intake or more exhaust) and it'll stay cooler since it'll be intaking (real word?) cooler air from the case.

-z

 

[Fadey]

Its one fan and it gets REALLY hot, the fan goes really slow even when hot. And i got a 120mm fan intake and exhaust alrdy >.< its not the case ive taken the psu out and seen the psu fan moving really slow when hot.

 

[imported_rod]

Maybe your case exhaust fan is sucking away all the air before the PSU has a chance to get any through it - unlikely but possible.

Anyway, PSU's can handle heat. They're generally rated to atlest 60C, although most can withstand 85C before they get damaged.

RoD

 

[Fadey]

Um it got so hot the other day the inbuilt thermal protection on the psu kicked in and turned off... it use to be fine but something has happen and the fan runs really slow now....

 

[GalvanizedYankee]

Originally posted by: Fadey
Um it got so hot the other day the inbuilt thermal protection on the psu kicked in and turned off... it use to be fine but something has happen and the fan runs really slow now....

No, PSU fan speed can not be adjusted in Windows.

What is the model type of your PSU. It's not listed in your sig.

If it's still in warrenty RMA it.

If you want to open it and change out the fan we can talk about that later.


...Galvanized

 

[Fadey]

It is under warrenty so i think i will go thru that , and fan speeds can be changed in windows... speedfan lets u do it but doesnt work with my motherboard =(.

 

[RallyMaster]

PSU only provides power to the computer in most cases. I doubt they will have a connector to the motherboard to control fan speed.

 

[GalvanizedYankee]

Originally posted by: Fadey
It is under warrenty so i think i will go thru that , and fan speeds can be changed in windows... speedfan lets u do it but doesnt work with my motherboard =(.

I really would like a link that indicates speedfan will control PSU fan rpm.

A resected member of this board once said, "The PSU fan is the second most important fan in your rig." The first order of importance would be the CPU's HS fan.

I'll look at Speedfan's site later because I find it hard to believe.


...Galvanized

 

[Fadey]

Well it has the option it just doesnt work =P

 

[GalvanizedYankee]

I just spent 15 minuets reading SpeedFan's site info. PSU fan speed control was not mentioned.


...Galvanized

 

[Fadey]

meh any way until i get a new psu i got a little $15 stand fan next to my case and its cooling the psu down

 

[0roo0roo]

wouldn't be wise as a feature..n00bs burning up their psu's with bad settings lol