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    Posted: 23 Mar 2018 at 10:00pm
This time its a fan header bug regarding Chassis Fan 1/Water pump header, it will not output the full fan voltage so the fan or water pump RPM will be much lower than it should when the header is set to Full Speed, to test this I used 2 Fans and one AIO water pump, for comparison I used the Chassis Fan 2 and CPU Fan 1 header.
The results are as follows:

A:
Fractal Design 140mm 1000RPM fan:
CPU Fan Header 1: 1020-1070 RPM
Chassis Fan 2      : 990-1030   RPM
Chassis Fan 1      : 640-670    RPM

B: 
Fractal Design 120mm 1200RPM fan:
CPU Fan Header 1: 1150-1270 RPM
Chassis Fan 2      : 1130-1180  RPM
Chassis Fan 1      : 890-930     RPM

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Cooler Master ML120L RGB water pump:
CPU Fan Header 1: 2350-2410 RPM
Chassis Fan 2      : 2310-2350  RPM
Chassis Fan 1      : 1640-1690  RPM

As you can see we can accept a +/- 50-100RPM per header difference because of trace line resistance/length but a full 700RPM drop is very big and its a bug that need to be addressed.
This is not a RPM readout bug, the fans/water pump are spinning slower in realtime.

The bug also occurs if header set to Custom/Silent/Normal/Performance modes, the RPM drop is across the board

Please check and confirm this bug

EDIT1: I will check with a multimeter the pin and report the voltage, but I will need to dissasemble my PC and I really dont have the time right now, tomorrow I will do it, until then if you guys can check with your fans and report back the RPM values, just swap between the fan headers and check RPM in UEFI, no need to reboot between checkups

EDIT2: Both my AB350 and X370 exhibit this bug, both with latest 4.51 bios




Edited by cristy6100 - 23 Mar 2018 at 10:08pm
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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote cristy6100 Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 24 Mar 2018 at 7:10am
Bumped, so people see and read the post, cause I see it as a critical bug loosing 600-700RPM on a fan header... I never ever encountered something like this.... and its a big as it gets bug when you have only 2 Chassis Fan headers and the one with the water pump is loosing 700RPM across the board...

Edited by cristy6100 - 24 Mar 2018 at 7:15am
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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote wardog Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 24 Mar 2018 at 8:11am
Cristy, This is mostly a Community Forum.

Would you be so kind as to report your finding at https://event.asrock.com/tsd.asp

Fill in and include the system hardware, BIOS rev., fan make and model #'s, etc so that they can look into it. The more detail you include the better obviously.


Thanks in advance,
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Thanks for the info, I have reported all found bugs in a good manner in the support mail I have sent


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Bug confirmed when switching the Chassis Fan 1 Control Mode from PWM Mode to DC Mode.
Even if connected Fan is 3PIN DC Control, or a Water Pump, the RPM drop will depend of the Connected FAN/PUMP speed, on a high power Delta 3700RPM fan the RPM drop will be 1300-1400RPM when Control Mode is set to DC Mode and Full Speed, only fix is keeping the control mode to PWM even with 3 Pin fans and water pumps.
I already reported the BUG to ASRock support so a fix will be on the way hopefully...

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I've noted this too with my Be Quiet! 120mm Silent Loop pump attached to Chassis Fan 1.
The pump has a rated speed of 2200RPM and it runs at just under 1700RPM with Chassis Fan 1 set to DC control pump @ max speed (I set it to custom speed and moved all markers to 100% and it ran at 1100RPM).
Also of note, I have had the pump speed drop to around 500RPM making quite a loud unpleasant noise on about four occasions so far, sometimes at boot sometimes when the PC had been running for a few hours. After shutting down completely and then switching back on multiple times it finally returned to proper speed.
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Yes, for the moment switch to PWM control mode even if you are using 3pin Fan/Pump, if using pump set it to PWM Control and Full Speed it will work with 99% no problems until they fix this
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