Temperature Sensor Issues: Right now, I'm using HWMonitor to try to see what my fans and temperatures are doing on my Crosshair VIII Hero motherboard. HWMonitor's CPU and Mainboard temperatures pretty clearly match up to the BIOS' CPU and Motherboard temperatures. But, I'm just assuming Package (Node 0) is CPU Package, TMPIN2 is VRM and TMPIN3 is T_Sensor since the temperatures seem pretty close (see below). Does that seem reasonable? Does anyone have any idea what TMPIN4 is and why it never moves?
Background Explanation:I've got a Crosshair VIII Hero and I've installed an XSPC Wire Sensor 10K
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00CMR38LC/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o01_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1 on the T_Sensor connector. The BIOS lists 7 temperature sensors:
- Motherboard (about 41 C)
- CPU (about 47 C: swings wildly)
- CPU Package (about 58 C: changes quite a bit)
- VRM (about 37 C)
- T_Sensor (about 38 C)
- Water In (N/A since I've disabled it)
- Water Out (N/A since I've disable it)
HWMonitor list 5 temperature sensors under the motherboard area (all temperatures at idle):
- Mainboard (about 41 - 43 C)
- CPU (about 44 - 69 C: swings wildly)
- TMPIN2 (about 41 - 43 C)
- TMPIN3 (about 43 - 48 C)
- TMPIN4 (21 C: never changes)
HWMonitor also has a 6th temperature sensor under AMD Ryzen 7 3700x (also at idle):
- Package (Node 0) (about 44 - 69 C: swings a lot)
Fan Step Up/Down Issue:I'm assuming that the Step Up and Step Down times in the BIOS' Q-Fan area are to add a delay to how quickly the fans respond to temperature sensor changes. Those delays don't seem to work for me. The fans seem to change almost instantly, no matter what I set those Steps to (which is why I installed that T_Sensor). Is my assumption wrong?
TLDR BIOS Fan Curve Information:-CPU Fan:
- Q-Fan Control = PWM Mode
- Step Up = 2.1 sec
- Step Down = 25 sec
- Speed Lower Limit = 200 RPM (defaulted to that)
- Fan Profile = Manual
- Upper Temperature = 75 C
- Max Duty Cycle = 100%
- Middle Temperature = 60 C
- Middle Duty Cycle = 40%
- Lower Temperature = 40 C
- Min Duty Cycle = 14% (defaulted to that after Optimizing the fans) EDIT: now 20%
-Chassis Fans 1 - 3:
- Q-Fan Control = PWM Mode
- Q-Fan Source = T_Sensor
- Step Up = 12 sec
- Step Down = 25 sec
- Speed Lower Limit = 200 RPM (defaulted to that)
- Fan Profile = Manual
- Upper Temperature = 70 C
- Max Duty Cycle = 100%
- Middle Temperature = 50 C
- Middle Duty Cycle = 20% (EDIT: Now 40%)
- Lower Temperature = 40 C
- Min Duty Cycle = 14% (defaulted to that after Optimizing the fans) (EDIT: now 20%)
High Amp Issue:When I ran the BIOS' Optimize fans routine, it tested all my fans at set defaults. For some reason, even though nothing is connected to the High Amp motherboard connector (and the fan speed is listed as N/A), it set up a manual DC fan curve for it. Is there some reason for that? Should I just disable everything to do with the High Amp connector? (EDIT: I've now Disabled this)