New Gigabyte X570 BIOSes adds three profiles positions for the chipset fan

by Hilbert Hagedoorn on: 07/17/2019 06:24 PM | source: | 8 comment(s)

Where the ASUS and MSI boards are silent to in-audible with the chipset fan for the X570 motherboards, Gigabyte kinda messed it up. Users reported high pitch whines and a lot of noise with the first release models of their motherboards. Gigabyte is now adding three selectable fan profiles to their new BIOSes though.

All X570 motherboards will see a firmware revision update, allowing the chipset to run at three different RPM modes. From what we heard, such an update was already available in beta. The new fan profiles are called 'silent', 'balance' and 'performance mode'. The 'silent mode' likely will be semi-passive. The new BIOS versions already can be downloaded on the Gigabyte site.

We'll be checking out a Gigabyte X570 board soon, and report back on this.

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#5691791 Posted on: 07/17/2019 08:11 AM

I can set different fanspeed with the new 1.60 bios for my Asrock x570 Taichi. Now it's silent

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#5691831 Posted on: 07/17/2019 12:45 PM

Not upgrading before I can watercool the chipset

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#5691869 Posted on: 07/17/2019 02:23 PM

If I'm not mistaken, der8auer tested a passive and simple heatsink without problems on a x570 board.

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#5691916 Posted on: 07/17/2019 04:35 PM

In the x570 Aorus Master, I've yet to hear the chipset fan--it's been silent regardless of bios version. My theory is that some people hear "a fan" ramp up and down, perhaps a GPU fan initializing, etc., and they immediately think "chipset fan" as if it's the only fan in the system...

The power suggestion holds over some people is incredible! No wonder marketing pays so well....! Two feet away--side panel off--I've yet to hear it.

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#5691935 Posted on: 07/17/2019 05:27 PM

Still gonna wait for B550

I don't trust these small non-replacable fans, they usually break after 2 years.

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#5691964 Posted on: 07/17/2019 06:24 PM

Still gonna wait for B550 :p

I don't trust these small non-replacable fans, they usually break after 2 years.

bearing starts to fail in like 6 months for some

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#5691975 Posted on: 07/17/2019 06:49 PM

bearing starts to fail in like 6 months for some

Bearings? Maybe sleeve bearings. Dont know why but always have impression of small fans as cheap and nasty.

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#5692382 Posted on: 07/18/2019 08:09 PM

Article is about chipset fans but pictures an X570 Aorus Extreme with no active cooling fan lol

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