So.. the little fan next to the sata ports doesn't spin... I have tried unplugging it again and again. When ever I boot it looks like it tries to spin but doesn't. There is nothing stopping it from spinning. I checked bios but this should be pretty auto. Any ideas?
Give it a flick when the PC is on and see if that gets it to spin up.
edit; does it have a mode where the fan only spins when it gets to a certain temp.
This is why no one should buy ASUS products. Anyway, flick it, like @cardboardman said. If that doesn't work, see if you can replace. If not... looks like another RMA
You know.. the sad fact of the matter is not one RMA EVER has gone smooth for me with ASUS.
I know. I had to RMA the same board 5 times in 3 weeks. Everytime it was a different issue. I returned it and bought a Gigabyte board about a year ago. No problems at all.
that fan only spin's wenn the southbridge reaches a certain temp point of 80°C
I feel ya on that. It took 3 boards to get a working one the first time. Here we go again. MisteryAngel, I asked that today but ugh.. they didn't have any solution but to look around in the bios. If that had been an issue I image they would have brought it up?
The one on my old board I had to RMA 5 times would always spin. I don't know if they changed it or not.
Ya I thought I remember it always spinning.. It's a shame I don't have a block for this. Oh they did advise me I can buy the fan? I never heard of that maybe from the store they meant? ugh. What good is an rma lol.
If you want that fan to spin constantly you should disable PCH setting.
I will check on that and report back. I remember 3 settings being disabled brb.
Those were all separate issues. I have a different brand now.
i assume you have done a bios update somethime allong the road?
The newer bios versions, comes with a standard pch setting,
that the pch fan only starts spinning wenn the southbridge reaches 80°C
If you disable that PCH setting it should spin back normaly.
I just tried to find the pdf manual to look it up for you but the english link on there site is wrong. never mind i found one that works but there is one that says its the English manual but its not
Ok I am updated to latest bios, I tried disabling pch and nothing happened. However I do not know if it has reached 80 yet
That's a plx chip right? I can't remember anymore but isn't that for sli? If that were the case wouldn't that be why it hasn't reached 80c?
There must be a setting in the bios somewhere related to this.
there supposed to be an option like this "PCH FAN Low Speed Temp [25˚C]" if you set it to 25 it should start spinning unless you have a very cold room.
ok brb Ill check it again
yeah i assume there is a setting with multiple profile options to select from.
And maybe also totaly disable it.
i will look it up in a few minutes.
You might also have to put "PCH Fan Profile[Optional]" for this to work.