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Speedfan configuration for the Asus P5W DH Deluxe

16/08/2006 15:34 | Hardware | 13 replies | 29200 views | RSS

I’ve got myself a new rig – take a look for yourself :)

Anyway, I have no idea if most people know that it is possible to control the RPM of fans connected to your motherboard via SpeedFan, but here’s how I managed it for my new P5W DH Deluxe …

I connected my Zalman CNPS7700-Cu CPU cooler directly to my motherboard CPU_FAN plug, not using the Zalman FanMate2. The same goes for my Zalman VF900-Cu, which is connected to PWR_FAN1.

Take a look at these 2 screenshots, as you can see, bringing the % of down, lowers the RPM of the fans too, taking the noise levels down with them. At around 75%/80% they are truly unhearable!

Speedfan main window - speeds at 100%

So, if you want to have control over your fans RPMs, download speedfan, and change the default variables and checkboxes to what you see in these screenshots.

If you are having troubles figuring everything out, gimme a yell :p

On 25 August 2006 at 10h39, anonymous wrote

I have a P5W DH and i cant figure out how to setup speedfan so it actually reads my board so i can control the fan speed…
On 25 August 2006 at 10h57, Selder wrote

Compare the screenshots above, follow the red surrounded things …
On 28 August 2006 at 04h29, twillux wrote

Great read, worked perfectly. My issue is the temperatures reported by this board: I find it hard to believe that, like mine, your board is at 34C while the cpu is a mere 21C
On 11 September 2006 at 08h45, anonymous wrote

board temp is measured in the southbridge hence high temps
On 19 September 2006 at 22h49, mouse wrote

Seriously – thats nice!! Thanks for the details!! I’m a big fan of speedfan myself and have only been buying motherboards that I can use speedfan with. Though my Asus p5wd2 will not let me control my cpu_fan, only cha_fan1.
But my question is; can speedfan control ALL the fan connectors at the p5w dh deluxe??
On 20 September 2006 at 07h38, Selder wrote

I think it does, but some connectors are controlled by the same controller … uhm … I mean: when you change the speed of fanA it’ll change the speed of fanB too, I think CHA_FAN1 and CHA_FAN2 use the same controller …
On 22 September 2006 at 17h55, mouse wrote

Ok, thanks alot – thats good to know, i’ll keep that in mind.
On 18 May 2007 at 07h45, anonymous wrote

I think my prob is way too complicated
i m running my pc at 50C idle and 79C at 99% CPU usage and its damn hot
I bought a new thermal grease and nothing i was wondering how can make my intel fan spin more then 2500RPM is there an answer out there ? thanks everyone!

hello thanks for the posts
how did u get P5W DH DL recognized in speedfan?
On 19 May 2007 at 22h17, Selder wrote

You need to find a solution fast, because above 83°C you are irreversibly damaging your CPU! Did you try disabling all that “smartfan” shit in your BIOS?

And getting the P5W recognized in Speedfan is … euhm … renaming the “temp3″ value :)
On 20 July 2007 at 19h33, Wigs wrote

Hey guys. I’m running an Asus P5N-SLI mobo, and changing things in Speedfan doesn’t seem to do anything for me.. All my fans are plugged into my mobo 3-pin thingy’s but changing the values in Speedfan has no effect on the fan speeds. (Using a AC Freezer 7 Pro HSF and 3 generic case fans, i’ve had enough of the noise!)

Q-Fan controller is set to OFF in the BIOS, and i’m stuck for ideas.

Any ideas?
On 21 July 2007 at 01h35, Selder wrote

You do have this config?
On 25 September 2008 at 23h29, ro wrote

Hey, I know I’m late to the party, but I just found out about this great tool via this website. One thing that puzzles me: How can I actually enter the name(s) of my CPU, GPU, Fans etc. as seen in the very first screenshot? Thanks!
On 25 September 2008 at 23h42, ro wrote

Nevermind – I just found out that F2 does the trick. Doh. ;)