Windows 8 - ASUS Crosshair IV Formula - CPU FAN

[rgarcia]

Dear all,

I don't know if anyone of you has already tried it, but when running windows 8 on my Formula mainboard the CPU fan is continually running on full speed. I already contacted the asus technical team, but all they said to me was, that as soon as win 8 will be released - they will release the customized driver and tools which supports win 8. However in the meanwhile win 8 has already been released, but no adjusted drivers/tools...

So my question to you: Has anyone of you found a work around or a EPU Version which runs on win 8 and is compatible to the IV Formula mainboard?

PS: I know that there is a way to change the fan speed in bios, but this isn't the way I want to fix that problem.

[Area_66]

I will like to have more info on this too, I read a lot of post from peoples who have CPU running 100 % all the time when the CPU is OC , this on different manufacturers too , My Windows 8 PC is not OC

[HiVizMan]

Please do provide quite a bit more information, the key is the type of fan connector.

[Area_66]

HiViz from what I read on other forum it's like the Intel Speedstep is stopping to work when you upgrade from Windows 7 to 8 and you apply OC , peoples complain their CPU work 100 % all the time in the task manager , agin with apply OC, thing return normal if you remove the OC

[rgarcia]

The problem is, that the EPU Software which regulates the power usage of the mainboard, is not compatible to windows 8.
Therefore all devices are running with their full power.

@Area 66: I don't know what you mean with OC. I think you speak about overclocking - however my cpu is not overclocked.

So normally everything I need, is a fix EPU Software Version which is compatible with win8 an the crosshair IV formula...

[Area_66]

rgarcia, uninstall the EPU software, speedstep will do the job, I don't use Asus software on my PC, only the drivers.
yes I was referring to Overclocking, but it's a different problem of your's

[rgarcia]

Well Speedstep is an Intel technologie for Intel CPUs.
The Crosshair IV Formula is a mainboard for AMD CPUs.

Therefore this isn't a solution 😉

[Area_66]

lol , I have other thing in my mind, so "Cool and Quiet " will do the same job , just remove the EPU software

[rgarcia]

I already tried this but unfortunately it doesn't change nothing. I also checked Bios, but the necessary options was already activated ( Cool and Quiet, ACPI Support)....

[Area_66]

did you update the AMD drivers ?

http://support.amd.com/us/gpudownload/windows/Pages/raid_windows.aspx