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!


*wish*
http://www.hardwareplug.com

On Mon, 13 Mar 2006 12:09:28 +0000 (UTC),
(E-Mail Removed)lid (Wish) wrote:

>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.

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.

--
A Lost Angel, fallen from heaven
Lost in dreams, Lost in aspirations,
Lost to the world, Lost to myself

On Mon, 13 Mar 2006 12:09:28 +0000 (UTC),
(E-Mail Removed)lid (Wish) wrote:

>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.

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?

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.

--
Rgds, George Macdonald

On Mon, 13 Mar 2006 17:38:04 GMT, a?n?g?e?(E-Mail Removed)
(The little lost angel) wrote:

>On Mon, 13 Mar 2006 12:09:28 +0000 (UTC),
>(E-Mail Removed) (Wish) wrote:
>
>>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.
>
>I think most AMD gamers simply disable the whole Cool N Quiet thing
>which does the thermal control?

You don't need to - just change the Power setting from "Minimal Power
Management" to "Home/office Desktop" in the Power Options control panel.

--
Rgds, George Macdonald

On Mon, 13 Mar 2006 19:21:25 -0500, George Macdonald
<fammacd=!SPAM^(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

>>I think most AMD gamers simply disable the whole Cool N Quiet thing
>>which does the thermal control?
>
>You don't need to - just change the Power setting from "Minimal Power
>Management" to "Home/office Desktop" in the Power Options control panel.

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

--
A Lost Angel, fallen from heaven
Lost in dreams, Lost in aspirations,
Lost to the world, Lost to myself

On Tue, 14 Mar 2006 04:14:07 GMT, a?n?g?e?(E-Mail Removed)
(The little lost angel) wrote:

>On Mon, 13 Mar 2006 19:21:25 -0500, George Macdonald
><fammacd=!SPAM^(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>
>>>I think most AMD gamers simply disable the whole Cool N Quiet thing
>>>which does the thermal control?
>>
>>You don't need to - just change the Power setting from "Minimal Power
>>Management" to "Home/office Desktop" in the Power Options control panel.
>
>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.

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

--
Rgds, George Macdonald

On Wed, 15 Mar 2006 02:21:16 -0500, George Macdonald
<fammacd=!SPAM^(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

>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

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

--
A Lost Angel, fallen from heaven
Lost in dreams, Lost in aspirations,
Lost to the world, Lost to myself

On Wed, 15 Mar 2006 17:29:32 GMT, a?n?g?e?(E-Mail Removed)
(The little lost angel) wrote:

>On Wed, 15 Mar 2006 02:21:16 -0500, George Macdonald
><fammacd=!SPAM^(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>
>>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
>
>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.

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.

--
Rgds, George Macdonald