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- Feb 7, 2005
My Asus Z97A has never read the chassis fan speeds, only the CPU speed. I called into Asus and talk with tech support and to be perfectly honest with you I don't think they really knew what they were talking about. Because after everything they told me they suggested a fan and when I looked at it it wouldn't do what they were saying anyway.
This is my question since I installed my Asus Z 97 a back in 2015 the case fans have never been read either on the bios or on the AI Suite 3 fan section. What Asus told me was it was because all the case fans are a three pin connector and the fourth pin is what's given the motherboard the ability to read the fan speed.
It just doesn't make sense to me because why would case companies who make their own fans as well in high-end cases put three pin fan connectors knowing there are motherboards out there That read the fan speeds for the case fans.
Can anybody here confirm that the information he gave me was correct or incorrect? Once again he saying that because it's a three pin fan connected to the chassis header of my Z97A motherboard it can't read the fan speeds. It only reads the CPU fan and I'm not sure how many pens that has because I haven't taken apart to look at it yet. He said I need a 4 pin fan For my motherboard to be able to read the speeds. C the case I just bought is a Corsair 540 Which has a total of six fans installed and it, my motherboard only has four chassis fan headers I know I can connect the two other fans to my power supply as long as I'm not worried about them not being read by my bios.
I don't want to buy for brand-new fans with four pins only to find out That the information he gave me was incorrect. I appreciate everyone's input in advance
This is my question since I installed my Asus Z 97 a back in 2015 the case fans have never been read either on the bios or on the AI Suite 3 fan section. What Asus told me was it was because all the case fans are a three pin connector and the fourth pin is what's given the motherboard the ability to read the fan speed.
It just doesn't make sense to me because why would case companies who make their own fans as well in high-end cases put three pin fan connectors knowing there are motherboards out there That read the fan speeds for the case fans.
Can anybody here confirm that the information he gave me was correct or incorrect? Once again he saying that because it's a three pin fan connected to the chassis header of my Z97A motherboard it can't read the fan speeds. It only reads the CPU fan and I'm not sure how many pens that has because I haven't taken apart to look at it yet. He said I need a 4 pin fan For my motherboard to be able to read the speeds. C the case I just bought is a Corsair 540 Which has a total of six fans installed and it, my motherboard only has four chassis fan headers I know I can connect the two other fans to my power supply as long as I'm not worried about them not being read by my bios.
I don't want to buy for brand-new fans with four pins only to find out That the information he gave me was incorrect. I appreciate everyone's input in advance