Extremely loud case fans

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silkenaura

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I got 5 new Cooler Master Jetflo fans installed in my pc yesterday which is all well and good but the thing sounds like a jet engine when it's running now. I tried installing speedfan to check what rpm they were running at to maybe turn them down, but they aren't even getting detected by it. I know there were only 2 connectors on my mobo (Asus Prime B250M-A) so not sure if the guy split the connection on plugged directly into psu... Thoughts/ideas?
 
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why_wolf
Would not be surprised at all if they are plugged straight into the PSU which would cause the fans to be running at 100% all the time and not show up on speedfan (that only works with the fan headers on the motherboard).

You might want to invest in a fan controller since your motherboard doesn't have enough fan headers to support all your fans.
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silkenaura

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At work at the moment but will definitely check this when I get home. Thanks for the idea!
 
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Would not be surprised at all if they are plugged straight into the PSU which would cause the fans to be running at 100% all the time and not show up on speedfan (that only works with the fan headers on the motherboard).

You might want to invest in a fan controller since your motherboard doesn't have enough fan headers to support all your fans.
 
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These are PWM fans so, if they are installed and configured correctly, things should be pretty darn quiet when your machine is idling.

I have three fans connected to a single header on my motherboard (using a splitter), and I have customized the fan curve in the bios. It's awesome. I will never buy a non-PWM fan again.

You need to crack your case open and figure out what they did. And use someone else in the future.
 
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silkenaura

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Are fan controllers reasonably easy to install? I'm just not too keen on doing things myself if it requires removing a lot from the case to do so haha. I assume follow the fan connections and see where they're connected to, unplug and plug into fan controller? Appreciate the help
 
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The JetFlo fans also "Includes two silent mode adapters to fix the fan speed at 1600 RPM (28 dBA) or 1200 RPM (19 dBA)". I don't know if that takes the form of a switch on the fans themselves? or an additional part that your "guy" included in a bag of goodies. So even if you're not running them from the motherboard and getting the benefit of PWM, you could slow them down a little.
 
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