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July 16, 2012 11:22:31 PM

I have a heatsink and the fan on it always runs at 4500 rpms. My BIOS won't let me change fan speed so I was wondering if I bought a new better heatsink (Current one is stock) if that new one would run at full rpm power as well or not? thanks.

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July 17, 2012 12:12:18 AM

You must have an extremely simplified BIOS for it not to have that option. What CPU/Motherboard do you have?
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July 17, 2012 12:14:27 AM

My Mobo is K9N6PGM2-V2 and my Processor is amd athlon 64 x2 4200+. I'm Upgrading my CPU before I get my New Heatsink though
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July 17, 2012 12:26:30 AM

Your BIOS allows for Cool 'n Quiet to control the CPU fan speed. And your processor has that feature. Do you have C&Q enabled? (pg 23 in manual)
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July 17, 2012 12:34:06 AM

I don't know, prolly not. how do I enable it Because I don't got manual. Sorry for typos I'm a bit tired.
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July 17, 2012 12:48:05 AM

clutchc said:
Your BIOS allows for Cool 'n Quiet to control the CPU fan speed. And your processor has that feature. Do you have C&Q enabled? (pg 23 in manual)


It says It is enabled on my BIOS.



Going to bed for today.
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July 17, 2012 12:53:58 AM

Then go to Windows' Control Panel/Power Options and see if 'Balanced' or 'Power Saver' is selected.
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July 17, 2012 12:55:43 AM

It was set on balanced
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July 17, 2012 1:20:32 AM

clutchc said:
Hmmm.... that's odd. It seems your BIOS isn't responding to the option. When in Windows, run CPU-Z and see what your core speed is. Then look under the mainboard tab and check what BIOS version you have.
http://www.cpuid.com/downloads/cpu-z/1.61-setup-en.exe


Core speed is 1006.54 mhz

My Bios is out of date. I think I am going to update it now and see if that helps
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July 17, 2012 1:29:49 AM

That was going to be my next suggestion. You may want to try resetting your BIOS, or selecting the fail safe option before an update. Just to see if you need to go that far.
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July 17, 2012 1:41:21 AM

How do I update the Bios? can you give me a step by step guide?
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July 17, 2012 2:15:15 AM

Download the .ZIP file that contains the BIOS and instructions in a .DOC file. Open the .DOC file and read the instructions for whichever BIOS you have; AMI, Award, etc. If you don't feel comfortable doing it, DON'T DO IT. If you screw up, you'll be buying a new motherboard.
http://us.msi.com/product/mb/K9N6P [...] /?div=BIOS
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