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Wyodiver33 · 07-16-2007, 02:31 PM

Hi all. I just bought a new Dell XPS 410 Desktop. I like it a lot. Intel Core 2 Duo, 2GB RAM, GeForce 8600 GTS, 256 MB, etc. Pretty sweet. Big upgrade from my Amd Barton 2500 OC'd to 2.3 GHz, 1.25 GB RAM, ATI 9800 Pro 128 MB.

Also, got my first LCD. 19 inch wide-screen. Very nice.

My question is this: At idle CPU temp is 45 C. I've noticed that the fan is running much faster at POST than while in Win XP Pro. I'm sure Dell thinks that the temps are within specs but I would like to make the CPU fan run full tilt. I've gone through the BIOS and can't find any settings for fan speed. Any ideas? Thanks in advance.

cyrnel · 07-16-2007, 02:51 PM

You can probably crank it higher with speedfan or ilk but really, 45c isn't that high. Hot isn't until the high 60s, at which point the system will have cranked up the fan. Fan speed is always a tossup between noise, temperature, and fan life.

I'm guessing you know this, but part of the POST is to test the fan at 100% which is why it sounds like it's taking off.

Nice system, BTW.

liquidlight · 07-16-2007, 02:55 PM

The fan speed is determined by a temperature sensor on the motherboard, AMD calls it "Cool 'n Quiet" and I'm sure Intel has an equivalent. if you want to just run the fan full bore you can try pulling the yellow/blue lead out of it's power feed, then it's just on or off (wouldn't recommend it without testing, some motherboards will get REALLY pissed about not being able to monitor the CPU fan).

07-16-2007, 02:31 PM	#1 (permalink)
Wyodiver33 Just here for the beer. Location: Ft. Lauderdale, Floriduh	New Dell XPS 410, have question. Hi all. I just bought a new Dell XPS 410 Desktop. I like it a lot. Intel Core 2 Duo, 2GB RAM, GeForce 8600 GTS, 256 MB, etc. Pretty sweet. Big upgrade from my Amd Barton 2500 OC'd to 2.3 GHz, 1.25 GB RAM, ATI 9800 Pro 128 MB. Also, got my first LCD. 19 inch wide-screen. Very nice. My question is this: At idle CPU temp is 45 C. I've noticed that the fan is running much faster at POST than while in Win XP Pro. I'm sure Dell thinks that the temps are within specs but I would like to make the CPU fan run full tilt. I've gone through the BIOS and can't find any settings for fan speed. Any ideas? Thanks in advance. __________________ I like stuff.

07-16-2007, 02:51 PM	#2 (permalink)
cyrnel Adequate Location: In my angry-dome.	You can probably crank it higher with speedfan or ilk but really, 45c isn't that high. Hot isn't until the high 60s, at which point the system will have cranked up the fan. Fan speed is always a tossup between noise, temperature, and fan life. I'm guessing you know this, but part of the POST is to test the fan at 100% which is why it sounds like it's taking off. Nice system, BTW. __________________ There are a vast number of people who are uninformed and heavily propagandized, but fundamentally decent. The propaganda that inundates them is effective when unchallenged, but much of it goes only skin deep. If they can be brought to raise questions and apply their decent instincts and basic intelligence, many people quickly escape the confines of the doctrinal system and are willing to do something to help others who are really suffering and oppressed." -Manufacturing Consent: Noam Chomsky and the Media, p. 195

07-16-2007, 02:55 PM	#3 (permalink)
liquidlight AHH! Custom Title!! Location: The twisted warpings of my brain.	The fan speed is determined by a temperature sensor on the motherboard, AMD calls it "Cool 'n Quiet" and I'm sure Intel has an equivalent. if you want to just run the fan full bore you can try pulling the yellow/blue lead out of it's power feed, then it's just on or off (wouldn't recommend it without testing, some motherboards will get REALLY pissed about not being able to monitor the CPU fan). __________________ Halfway to hell and picking up speed.