Asus A8N SLI Deluxe fan control question

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Howdy,

This is my first post here, and I have a question.

My new computer will be arriving next week equipped with an Asus A8N
Sli Deluxe Motherboard. I am just getting back in the game, and am
unsure if that Motherboard has automatic fan control based on
temperatures.

If it does, Yahooo!; If it doesn't I am looking for a good automatic
fan control device or software such as SpeedFan, or a Silverstone
Eudemon, or a Lian-Li TR-3B.

Anyone have any experience with that MB, or know the answer?

Many thanks!


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On Mon, 13 Mar 2006 12:09:28 +0000 (UTC),
My new computer will be arriving next week equipped with an Asus A8N
Sli Deluxe Motherboard. I am just getting back in the game, and am
unsure if that Motherboard has automatic fan control based on
temperatures.
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I think most AMD gamers simply disable the whole Cool N Quiet thing
which does the thermal control?

Alternatively, download the manual from Asus' site and see for
yourself.
 
On Mon, 13 Mar 2006 12:09:28 +0000 (UTC),
Howdy,

This is my first post here, and I have a question.

My new computer will be arriving next week equipped with an Asus A8N
Sli Deluxe Motherboard. I am just getting back in the game, and am
unsure if that Motherboard has automatic fan control based on
temperatures.
Click to expand...

I don't know that mbrd in particular but every other I've seen recently has
auto temp/fan control through BIOS settings and the correct AMD driver.
Just go to www.amd.com and get the latest driver - the default in WinXP
doesn't work right.
If it does, Yahooo!; If it doesn't I am looking for a good automatic
fan control device or software such as SpeedFan, or a Silverstone
Eudemon, or a Lian-Li TR-3B.

Anyone have any experience with that MB, or know the answer?
Click to expand...

I use Speedfan with my MSI nForce3 mbrd and it works very well. There's
also a way to get it to run as a service, which I need to get going yet.
 
I think most AMD gamers simply disable the whole Cool N Quiet thing
which does the thermal control?
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You don't need to - just change the Power setting from "Minimal Power
Management" to "Home/office Desktop" in the Power Options control panel.
 
You don't need to - just change the Power setting from "Minimal Power
Management" to "Home/office Desktop" in the Power Options control panel.
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Does that override the BIOS setting? I was under the impression that
issue was CnQ dynamically changes CPU clock speed and voltages
according to demand, regardless of the normal power management
available in Windows.

But I personally never bothered with PM on my desktop so I could just
be blowing all smoke :P
 
Does that override the BIOS setting? I was under the impression that
issue was CnQ dynamically changes CPU clock speed and voltages
according to demand, regardless of the normal power management
available in Windows.
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The BIOS setting -- which I suspect just sets register in the CPU and
chipset -- *and* driver cooperate for CnQ; without the driver there's no
CnQ - the driver is controlled through Power Options control panel. I've
been running it for several months now - you should try it.:-) In fact I'd
say running witout it is losing a fair part of the benefit of AMD64
 
The BIOS setting -- which I suspect just sets register in the CPU and
chipset -- *and* driver cooperate for CnQ; without the driver there's no
CnQ - the driver is controlled through Power Options control panel. I've
been running it for several months now - you should try it.:-) In fact I'd
say running witout it is losing a fair part of the benefit of AMD64
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I'm not going to screw around with my main system :P My philosophy is
the less drivers/services running the better it is. Power Management
has never quite worked on the desktop for me nor do I see a need for
it.

For the quiet bit, I'll be more bothered if my system was silent. For
the cool bit, I run the system 24/7 doing certain tasks so the
benefits from CnQ won't be as great as the one I got for switching my
large CRT to a LCD :P
 
I'm not going to screw around with my main system :P My philosophy is
the less drivers/services running the better it is. Power Management
has never quite worked on the desktop for me nor do I see a need for
it.
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The driver is there whether you like it or not... by M$ and the AMD one has
updates for later CPUs and I tend to trust it more.
 
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