The power fan is the fan INSIDE the power supply. I'm not sure if the
connection on the motherboard will power this fan or if it's only there
for the fan speed to be measured by the motherboard. Most likely,
although it's labeled power fan, it can be used for a second general
purpose case fan. To use it with the true power fan, the power supply
must have a line for this purpose that runs from the power supply to a
power fan connector on the motherboard. Many supplies do, but not all
(and perhaps not even most).
Whifferdill wrote:
> There is only one system fan connection, ok, no biggie. But what
> is the power fan plug for? My ignorance is showing..what is a power fan?
>
> Also, using a temperature gun, my Northbridge heatsink reads
> 58 deg C, the Southbridge is about the same. Seems kinda warm to me.
>
> TIA
>
>
"Whifferdill" <whifferdillturn@gov.edu.net> wrote in message
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> There is only one system fan connection, ok, no biggie. But what
> is the power fan plug for? My ignorance is showing..what is a power fan?
It for people who have PSUs with fans that support RPM reporting. So if
there is a three wire lead coming from your PSU, thats where you would
connect it - though I suppose it might just be 1 wire with the fan powered
from within the PSU, (I know they exist but haven't owned one).
You can probably run a normal fan from it, I think it's just labeled that
way so it matches the Gigabyte monitoring software.
>
> Also, using a temperature gun, my Northbridge heatsink reads
> 58 deg C, the Southbridge is about the same. Seems kinda warm to me.
What's the ambient temp? Since they both read the same, maybe the temp gun
is broken ;-)
What does it read in the BIOS PCHealth settings? What CPU are you using? Is
this at idle or under load etc...
>> Also, using a temperature gun, my Northbridge heatsink reads
>> 58 deg C, the Southbridge is about the same. Seems kinda warm to me.
>
> What's the ambient temp? Since they both read the same, maybe the temp gun
> is broken ;-)
> What does it read in the BIOS PCHealth settings? What CPU are you using?
> Is this at idle or under load etc...
Ambient is 77 F. The Northbridge is usually a couple of degrees warmer than
the SB. CPU is 6400 at 2.13 G.
Thanks for the tip, I didn't know/think about PC Health showing NB/SB temps.
The system is down now for a case swap-out...bought a cheapie from MWave,
my mistake. I'll report back in a few days.
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> "Whifferdill" <whifferdillturn@gov.edu.net> wrote in message
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>>
>> Also, using a temperature gun, my Northbridge heatsink reads
>> 58 deg C, the Southbridge is about the same. Seems kinda warm to me.
>
> What's the ambient temp? Since they both read the same, maybe the temp gun
> is broken ;-)
> What does it read in the BIOS PCHealth settings? What CPU are you using?
> Is this at idle or under load etc...
NB and SB temperatures are not to be found in my BIOS>PC Health.
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>> "Whifferdill" <whifferdillturn@gov.edu.net> wrote in message
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>>
>>>
>>> Also, using a temperature gun, my Northbridge heatsink reads
>>> 58 deg C, the Southbridge is about the same. Seems kinda warm to me.
>>
>> What's the ambient temp? Since they both read the same, maybe the temp
>> gun is broken ;-)
>
>> What does it read in the BIOS PCHealth settings? What CPU are you using?
>> Is this at idle or under load etc...
>
> NB and SB temperatures are not to be found in my BIOS>PC Health.
>
>
Generally there is a "system" temp, I'm not sure which chip that applies to.
I've never had cause to find out.
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