lukiboss wrote:
So u are a lucky guy cuz im right here with BIOS that alows me only to set minimum of 60% of my fans... I need to use speedfan that doesnt work 100% correctly.
I also heard that some guys that got watercooled system cant control their pump power and its run on 100% on all the time.
And thats folks all thanks to ASUS :cool::cool::cool:

I use the bios to setup my case fans
I use AIO Water coolers like corsair for water cooling so I control the rad fans and pump with the AIO software,
but I can definitely see how people with custom setups would have problems. A working standalone would be awesome...

I had trouble after updating the BIOS to get the fan speed below 60%. But then I ran the BIOS fan calibration and after that it was no longer a problem.

I normally run my system without AI Suite and also I have the Asus Com Service, Asus HM Com Service and AsusFanControlService set to Manual so they do not run. My fan speeds are set up in the BIOS.

If I run Fan Xpert 4 and set up a fan profile and then reboot, it goes back to the BIOS settings (since the services are not running). But if I manually start the AsusFanControlService it will change to the Fan Xpert profile. I can then stop the service and it appears as though the Fan Xpert profile continues until the next boot.

I created a little batch file which will start and stop the service so I can easily run it if I want to override the BIOS setup. I suppose that could be run on boot to use the Fan Xpert settings without continuously running AI Suite.

BTW, I used SpeedFan to monitor the fan speeds to see what was happening. I only use a couple chassis fans so I don't know about fancier setups.

Silent Scone wrote:
Can I ask why you'd prefer setting things up through the OS and not through the UEFI? Less overhead doing things the latter way, and no need for the service to run.

I can answer that question. I need to control them through OS cuz my BIOS is only able to run fans at 60% MINIMUM. With AI Suite i could control them to what i like (30% in idle was perfect).
My motherboard wasnt some cheap ****y one... Its sabertooth p67 and still i cant control my fans 🙂 fantastic

lukiboss wrote:
I can answer that question. I need to control them through OS cuz my BIOS is only able to run fans at 60% MINIMUM. With AI Suite i could control them to what i like (30% in idle was perfect).
My motherboard wasnt some cheap ****y one... Its sabertooth p67 and still i cant control my fans 🙂 fantastic

No disrespect, but P67 is a little old now, don't you think? Well, fairly ancient really in this industry!

Silent Scone wrote:
No disrespect, but P67 is a little old now, don't you think? Well, fairly ancient really in this industry!

But it doesnt mean that i should't have control over my fans right? Other manufacuterers dont have this problem. Only ASUS, one of the most expensive motherboards manufacturer cant handle this.

Silent Scone wrote:
Can I ask why you'd prefer setting things up through the OS and not through the UEFI? Less overhead doing things the latter way, and no need for the service to run.

I use the AI suite 3 purely for fan control, why instead of bios?

Easy, I use the default turbo setting which runs my dual fan 140mm cpu cooler at 35% in idle and has a nice fan curve for my other 6 case fans. I have another profile thats a little more aggressive for light gaming and a very aggressive profile for heavier/demanding games and the ability to pick which one with just a couple of mouse clicks instead of resetting my PC, changing the fan curves manually each and every time I want to change my fan curve.