Trying to control fan speed

[fd9]

I have a 3-pin fan and a 3-pin connector on my motherboard. It's the fan that came with my case so it's probably a cheap brand. The fan is plugged directly into the motherboard, not the PSU. I have a GA-P35-DS3L motherboard.

So basically my question is this: Is it possible to automatically control the fan speed if it's a 3-pin connection, or do I need a 4 pin connection?

 

[zagood]

Depends on the motherboard. Try Speedfan or bios settings.

Speedfan: http://www.almico.com/speedfan.php

-z

 

[DerwenArtos12]

The bios on your motherboard should be able to control the fan speed through the use of gigabytes control program.

 

[sutahz]

Yeah.... we need more info. Take a pic of your mobo, or find a pic of your mobo and edit it to show where the fan is hooked up to. I'm willing to bet your mobo can only control the speed of 2 or 3 fan headers on your mobo (NB, CPU and maybe something labled like Chassis or System 3)

 

[DerwenArtos12]

god bless google I can only find a total of 3 fan headers and I'm pretty sure the bios will control speed on all three.

 

[fd9]

There are a total of 4 fan headers on the mobo (including CPU). The BIOS setting only works for the CPU fan, and I didn't have much luck with SpeedFan, so my question is: Can SpeedFan control a 3-pin fan, or does it need a 4-pin fan, or does it depend on the make/model of the fan? I don't want to go out and buy another "quiet" 3-pin fan just to find out that it's going to run at 100% constantly.

 

[Rubycon]

Three pin fan = set bios speed control to DC
Four pin fan = set bios speed control to PWM.

 

[Jhhnn]

get one of these if there's no way in the bios-

http://www.newegg.com/Product/...x?Item=N82E16835118217

Or one of these-

http://www.newegg.com/Product/...x?Item=N82E16811992003

Or one of the front panel multifan controllers if you plan on more fans...