Case fan with a blue probe with an 'x'?

[CHESSMAN]

Hi; I have just bought my case fan; it's an 'Asaka Lo-noise fan'. It has a 3 pin connector which I've plugged in;it's working;but what is this blue probe with an 'x' grooved into the end?

:- And where is the best place to put it??

If it's a heat sensor I thought the motherboard already does it through one of the pins on the fan lead?

:confused:

[CHESSMAN]

It's ok I've worked out what it is- it's a manual fan speed selector.

Now; I have a P4 2.5 gig CPU.

My temp as follows:-

Idling : 28 degrees c

Full load : 40 degrees c max.

Is this good for a P4 2.5 gig?

[BigBlue66]

40C under load is good for that fast of a processor. However, I would question why there is such a spread between idle and load. My P4 1.7 at work runs around 33C idle and no more than 40C load. With your faster processor, I would think the spread would be much less than it is.

Are you using software based CPU cooling, something that sends a half command to the CPU when it's not doing anything?

[CHESSMAN]

Yes it is software based

I have temp.and fan monitoring with the s/w.

I have a broadband video running right now and the temp.is only 31.5c.

The fan monitoring is correct.


:cool: