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Actually this question really has little to do with overclocking, but it's the people who overclock who would be most likely to have the answers I need.

I have a Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P motherboard. It has two four-pin fan plugs, one for the CPU and another for a chassis fan. It also has one more three-pin chassis fan and one three-pin power unit fan. I have in total three 120 mm chassis fans plugged into these. Add to that the power unit fan, and I have more than enough air moving through the case.

In the bios, I set the two four-pin plugs to run "silent". By this, I assumed that the fans should be running at a reduced rate of speed. Apparently not so. They're still screaming away like banshees at better than 2200 rpm. With the current rate of cooling, no part of my system ever exceeds 40 degrees C. So it can't be that the system isn't cool enough.

So what am I missing here?
 
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I'm going to assume that the fans that you have plugged into said four-pin headers are in fact PWM, yes?
 
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"I'm going to assume that the fans that you have plugged into said four-pin headers are in fact PWM, yes?"

I don't know the answer to that question. I am not really clear on what PWM is, though I have Googled it, and am confused by the contradictory info I'm getting. However, I think it would be safe to presume the CPU fan would be PWM, if I understand the question rightly. The CPU (AMD FX 6350), with the accompanying heat-sink and fan, and the 4 pin chassis fan should be controlled, but apparently are not.
 
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You are correct; they should be controlled completely. Have you tried downloading a fan-profile application to control the fans within Windows? That could help break down the root cause of your issue.
 
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I downloaded Speedfan, but the interface is overwhelming in it's complexity. Haven't found anything like a manual to cipher it. I did find this list of supported motherboards here:

http://www.almico.com/forummotherboards.php?man=264

Mine isn't on the list.
 
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Speedfan is not a very user friendly app. its more for expert configures, your Gigabyte motherboard comes with a utility called easytune, you can download it from here: http://www.gigabyte.com/Motherboard/GA-970A-DS3P-rev-10#support-dl scrol down to utility+10 and click it, its at the top of that list.

install it and open the app once its set up, there should be an auto tune option in there for fans, its in the SMART menu, (cpu fan) and (fan1) if you select advanced in there, you'll see 2 different coloured balls in a graph, they correspond to fan speed vs temps, something like this.

http://www.overclock.net/content/type/61/id/2380268/
 
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