I've got a micro ATX case with the Asus Rampage Gene III motherboard. According to the manual, only the CPU_FAN and OPT_FAN headers are PWM controlled and even though the other headers have 4 pins, they aren't listed at PWM controlled.
I've been trying to get a fan setup that will keep my rig cooler, and I replaced all the case fans and the cpu cooler fan with new 4 PWM fans. When I first powered up the system, I got the low cpu fan warning in the BIOS screen. I then decided to disable the Q-fan control and leave the cpu fan at 100%. As it's set up now, when I boot the system, the cpu fan comes on at a lower speed, then speeds up to 100% at the Windows Splash screen. Currently, all my fans are set at 100% since I don't have the Q-fan controller enabled. A little loud I'm afraid, but I don't want to fry my system. Is there a lower RPM limit to set the cpu fan speed warning to not get the low fan warning at bootup?
My other questions are, is there a version of Asus Suite for this motherboard that will allow me to install Fan Xpert and give me some control over my fan speeds? I had memory leak problems with the version of Asus Suite that came on the motherboard install disk and decided to uninstall it. I did download the newer version 1.00.19, which is dated 2010, but I've read that this version still has the memory leak issue and it's the only one listed for my board. All I want is Fan Xpert anyway, so am I stuck with this version?
Second, if I use Fan Xpert, what type of speed control will I get with PWM fans on those 3 headers that aren't PWM controlled, namely the PWR_FAN and 2 CHASSIS_FAN headers?