problem with panaflo L1A and alpha 8942

[NewSc2]

it seems i can't disable CPU fan monitoring in BIOS, and whenever i reboot my computer, it pops up with a message to check my power monitoring during the bootup.

in power monitoring section of BIOS, i don't see any error messages, but this is where the cpu fan speed is monitored, so that's my closest guess. anybody know how to turn it off?

(okay if you still have questions, the panaflo L1A had 2 pins so i had to "mod" the connector to fit into the 3-pin mobo connector-use a flathead screw and chop part of the connector off)

also, L1A + Alpha 8942 wasn't as effective as I thought. In my setup (Coolermaster ATC-201, Enermax dual fan PSU), load temps for my 2.0ghz @ 2.7ghz was around 47C. With my L1A/Alpha PAL combo, I ran CPU Burn-In for 10 min., and I was levelling at about 51-52C. Idle temps for both were around 35C, 36C usually. Any suggestions on a slightly better fan? I don't want anything much louder, but I'd like to see if I can push my CPU a bit more. I maxed at around 142fsb with stock cooling.

 

[RalfHutter]

1) What MoBo are you running? On my board it's not too obvious but you can disable the CPU fan or PSU fan monitoring by scrolling to the "enabled" setting, hitting "enter" and than selecting "disabled". That's how I got around the boot-up error message when I was using an L1A.

2) Might want to try the 35CFM Sunon. It's somewhat more robust than the L1A and not too much louder. It also has RPM monitoring so you can utilize that feature of your Mobo if you want. I've had an Alpha 8045 on my 1.4 Tbird and now the 8942 on my 2.26 P4 and found that the L1A just isn't quite powerful enough to move enough air off the HSF. Are you runing your fan "sucking" air off the HSF, or "blowing" down nto it? Alpha recommends the former method. I've tried it both ways and "sucking" usually gives about 1-2C lower temps. YMMV.

3)Spend some time checking out Gizzo's Fan Page. There's all kinds of great info there. You can sort by catagory just by clicking on the column headers.

 

[NewSc2]

1) Asus P4S533, and i can't seem to disable it in BIOS, it just says that information for the CPU fan is N/A (no error message and i can't select it either to change to "ignore" or "disabled"

2) i'll look into the Sunon, know of any B&M stores that sell it in SoCal? (don't feel like waiting for shipping right now)

3)i'll check it out, thanks for the link!

 

[RalfHutter]

1)I had a 533 and all I had to do to disable the CPU fan spped sensor was scrool down to select it and hit <enter>. Then you could choose bewteen "enable" or "disabled". Then F10 and out. My current 533-E is the same way.

2)I've never seen any B&M's around here carry them. I got mine from Pham which is down in Irvine. Maybe they'll let you will-call one.

 

[NewSc2]

link's dead it seems?