Bill Fuellhart wrote:

> ASUS has a thermo utility that shows the Power fan and Chassis fan as "not
> working" when in fact I can see them working.  It shows the CPU fan
> working well.
> Any ideas where to start?

I wasn't sure where to begin but I knew I wanted an answer and guess what? I
think I found it.

I run the Intel Active Monitor on my board and as Bill stated with his ASUS
unit, the CPU fan would show active but the other fans would not. We share
the same query.

As it turns out the fans I use for the front and back are not the proper
type for the utility to report on. According to a trouble shooting hunt I
did I came up with this and I quote,

Intel(R) Active Monitor does not display all of my fans.

Intel(R) Active Monitor supports up to three fans.  These consist of the
first three fans detected by Intel Active Monitor.
A fan can be monitored only if all of these requirements are met.

The fan must be a three-wire fan that supports monitoring.  A three-wire fan
is capable of monitoring if one of the wires is capable of transmitting a
signal from a fan to a tachometer.

The fan connector, that you're connecting the fan to, must support
monitoring.  Not all fan connectors support monitoring.

Well there you have it. One fan I did research on was Thermaltake. This
seems to be a high caliber of fan that has ball bearings instead of sleeves.
I believe the cost is around $13.00 for the Smart Case Fan II depending on
where you live of course. If cooling is an issue or the noise level is too
high, this may be the way to go. You may check out the specs at the vendor
site and go from there. http://www.thermaltake.com/products/dcfan/a1357.htm 

Sincerely,

Frank Suszka
netTek Computers
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