Ah, here you are, I thought I had lost you, my dear thread.
Anyway, I did some more testing.
I installed my stock Intel cooler (from my E8400) and had 0 (that's "zero") issues with it. Rock solig stable RPM, no fluctiations whatsoever. A tad higher idle temps than with the Shuriken, but that was to expect.
Reinstalled the Shuriken, and then:
- resetted bios to default > same issue
- disabled Q-fan > same issue
- enabled Q-fan in mode "performance" > same issue
- plugged the Shuriken in "chassis_fan1" instead of cpu_fan > same issue (apart from the "CPU fan 1 error press F1 to continue)
But then ... yesterday I saw the fan of the shuriken come to a COMPLETE STOP!!! Luckely my E8400 isn't overclocked and my Lian Li PC-V1010A is a case with a very good airflow. Temps of the e8400 never came over 30°C (idle that is, didn't stress it)
Because I have the same issue when I connect the Shuriken to chassis_fan1 or cpu_fan, I'm thinking it is really a problem with the Shuriken, and not the mailboard.
How do I handle this? I know the Shuriken didn't cost a lot, but that doesn't mean it shouldn't work perfectly!
Ah, here is the behaviour of the Shuriken for the past hour or so (this is with Q-fan disabled in BIOS):
