you might be able to help or not (old PCS computer)

[Insane.Pringle]

now that i have a new computer to play my games on, i had to decide what to do with my old PCS computer. in the end i turned it into a basic NAS/plex server. it's working fine apart from the cooling fans.

they never seem to change speed, no matter what the settings are in the BIOS. this is both the CPU(standard intel fan) and the chassis fan. PWM is turned on. i did experiment with turning the PWM off but it didn't make any difference. admittedly the CPU is hardly getting a workout as being a NAS/plex server is not that demanding so i'm not to worried about it but it would be nice to at least turn the fans down to the bare mininium speed possible.

any ideas?? no problem if you can't help

 

[Martinr36]

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Oops forgot to post the specs... it's an old pc (6 years old)

Case
COOLERMASTER K350 GAMING CASE
Processor (CPU)
Intel® Core™ i5 Quad Core Processor i5-6600 (3.3GHz) 6MB Cache
Motherboard
ASUS® H110M-R: Micro-ATX, DDR4, LGA1151, USB 3.0, SATA 6GBs
Memory (RAM)
16GB HyperX FURY DDR4 2133MHz (2 x 8GB)
Graphics Card
3GB NVIDIA GEFORCE GTX 1060 - DVI, HDMI, 3 x DP
1st Storage Drive
1TB SEAGATE BARRACUDA SATA-III 3.5" HDD, 6GB/s, 7200RPM, 64MB CACHE
Power Supply
CORSAIR 350W VS SERIES™ VS-350 POWER SUPPLY
Power Cable
1 x 1 Metre UK Power Cable (Kettle Lead)
Processor Cooling
STANDARD CPU COOLER
Thermal Paste
STANDARD THERMAL PASTE FOR SUFFICIENT COOLING
LED Lighting
50cm Red LED Strip
Extra Case Fans
1x 120mm Apache Black Quiet Fan (fitted to extract from rear/roof)
Sound Card
ONBOARD 6 CHANNEL (5.1) HIGH DEF AUDIO (AS STANDARD)
USB/Thunderbolt Options
MIN. 2 x USB 3.0 & 2 x USB 2.0 PORTS @ BACK PANEL + MIN. 2 FRONT PORTS
Operating System
Windows 10 Home 64 Bit - inc. Single Licence

 

[sck451]

I very much doubt if either fan is PWM. Many case fans now aren't PWM, so I doubt if those from six years ago would have been, especially as Cooler Master doesn't mention it on their product listing. So PWM mode really should be off.

DC fans technically can be controlled with voltage control, but I don't know if that board would support that.

So my guess is that you'll struggle to change their speeds. The easy solution of course is to change the fan and cooler: you could probably replace both for £35.