On Wed, 13 Aug 2008, Beth wrote: > Well guys, more news, in my noisy desesperation I installed WinXP to > see if SpeedFan would control the fan speed, and no luck, it also > fails doing it. I don't know if this is exactly the motherboard you have, but other people seem to claim that SpeedFan can adjust the fans on an MSI "MS6702E (K8T Neo2-FIR)", per http://www.almico.com/foruminfo.php?id=4879216 . If MSI provides a Windows utility to monitor or control the fan speed, you might try that. If their own utility can't do it, then either it can't be done, or you will probably have to get the fix from MSI. You might also want to see if MSI has any BIOS updates for your motherboard. If they provide multiple versions of the BIOS, and if you are running the latest one, you might consider going back to a slightly older version. This may affect other things, but at least you may be able to tell if the fans can be controlled at all. Do you have a different fan you can try? You shouldn't remove the CPU fan, but you can temporarily replace the case/system fan with another one - even one that won't actually fit in your case - just to see if its speed can be controlled. Matt Roberds
