And Q-Fan BIOS settings should designed to mirror Fan Xpert builder-designed profiles. €¢ Other thoughts include… Fan Xpert should be separate from AI Suite. €¢Ědditional builder-designed profiles should be able to be set to control any additional PWM headers on the motherboard using any available temperature sensor – even if the 4-pin header is labeled for the power supply. ![]() In addition, since many builders have well ventilated cases, multiple chassis fans, some externally speed-controlled, Fan Xpert should allow the builder to turn off the chassis fan header if the temperature is below a builder-designated threshold +/- to prevent short-cycling. Ideally the builder should enter the minimum rated speed of the chosen monitored fan and let Fan Xpert find the minimum PWM% during calibration. The builder should be able to, at least, set the minimum level as a PWM percent. The 60% setting Fan Xpert mandates for the lowest speed in all the available curve profiles is unnecessarily fast/noisy for some PWM fans, and below the rated minimum for other PWM fans. €¢ The Chassis Fan setting GUI also needs a builder-designed profile curve like the CPU Fan has. The only down sides are a) Fan Xpert mandates a 20%PWM minimum, which is unnecessarily fast/noisy for some PWM fans, and b) it would be better to have the builder enter the minimum rated speed of the CPU fan and let Fan Xpert find the minimum PWM% during its Calibration. This is great for keeping things relatively quiet until the user is loading the CPU. ![]() €¢ The CPU fan control GUI allows the builder to design a temperature/PWM% profile curve to control the fan speed and gradually ramp it up as the CPU becomes warmer. Hopefully, Asus will see many comments and further improve the product…īruce’s Fan Xpert review: (v1.05 & 1.06) I’m wondering what works best for you and what doesn’t work for you. I’ve been looking for a software PWM fan speed solution for my Asus motherboard, Antec case,… where I’ve tried a few PWM CPU fans, and couple PWM case fans, with both SpeedFan and Fan Xpert trying to reasonably control them… Fan Xpert is about 80% there and friendly, has great potential, BUT is missing a few key items that prevent builders from being able to use it.
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