How To Control Case & CPU Fans On MSI Motherboards UPDATED 2022 

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This video just saved me a hell of a problem. My pc was built by a store (I only chose the components) and i updated my bios so all the settings were restored to default and pump fans went crazy. I had no idea how the cooling was connected and Google/YT were of no help. After explaining 3pins=DC and 4pins=pwm, I checked the specifications of my cooling and boom problem solved. Thank you alot and please keep these videos coming ❤️ love from Kuwait 🇰🇼

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Thank you for this video! I just set up a new computer with an MSI motherboard and had no idea how to get the fans to turn down, they were so loud! The fan hub for my case fans was set to DC but they were PWM! As soon as I set it to auto they calmed right down. Now I can actually get some work done, thank you!

This is a great guide! It answered all of my questions and also made me realize how overkill my fans were running. I finally set a curve and it’s so much easier to hear my games now!

Bruh I thank you so much lmao. I went from two 120mm PWM fans to two noctua 140mm redux for intakes and they were so loud. Didn't even think about changing to DC. Love ya and keep up the good work!

Hello Mike. Which method takes priority setting up the fans if you do it both on the bios and the MSI centre, or will it cause a conflict? Many thanks

THANK YOU FOR THIS VIDEO!!!! I just built a new system last weekend (I'm fairly certain I've already told you about it as pertaining to another video or two of yours that I watched) and this really explains much that I needed to know. I'm going to reboot now, go into my bios and check my CPU fan. I am now subscribed!!!

This video saved me a headache! One day my pc started shutting of by itself, first started when i was rendering a video on premiere..First thought was oh no another amd thing happening to my pc..then my assumption shifted to overheating. This helped my reconfigure my fans! And all is good thanks!!!

Long comment but for anyone out there who this can be useful for: Recently upgraded my PC, still new to PC building and this upgrade was my first time using anything more than stock cooling (I got myself an EK AIO Elite, because why not). Got a Ryzen 7 5800X and an MSI B550 MAG Tomahawk with a 3070, and was blessed with the beloved red CPU light after I put everything together. Fans spun and lit up *quietly* and all was well but no post! A tech at Microcenter was able to figure out that it was a loose PSU cable apparently, and the PC boots now but surprise!! When you power the PC on the CPU light still turns on, but goes away after a few seconds, and then the fans start REVVVVVING at about their 100% just seconds after for a while, and were revving heavy on and off for a while until I was able to come across this wonderful video. Still nervous about my PC, I have a feeling I need to repaste my CPU perhaps, but we shall see. It might be hot, and it doesn't help that Speccy won't show me temp readings because it just says AMD K17 many times again and again. Will be fiddling around in the days that come hoping to get the current ambient temperature (55 C according to the BIOS) down to around 40C-45 C, or anything less than 55 C. Haven't figured out how to check thermals under load but we'll see what I do... This PC build project has taken much longer than I would've hoped (still waiting to get some screws that were missing from the EK AIO, missing an exhaust fan at the moment...), but this channel has actually had a video for EVERY since issue I've come across so far. My personal favorite PC channel on the internet, thank you so much Mike and good luck to all of you that encounter any roadblocks!

Great video thanks Mike. Talking of Christmas, the Christmas jumper my kids gave me last year kept picking up static electricity. I took it back and exchanged it for another one - free of charge. Merry Christmas to Mike & Kath and to all at MUB.

Amazing video mate,just upgraded to a MSI mobo and this was very helpful.

Great review as always. I have that A320 board. Works great with my Athlon 220GE and 16GB of 2666 RAM. Love MSI products. Take care and wishing You and your family a warm and happy Christmas. Cheers

Nice video Mike need to keep it cool In them cases 🤣 wishing you and Kath and the community a very happy Xmas 😊

ty for all of your tutorials with the bios on the msi boards, I really appreciate you and learned so much.

Thank you very much. Your video saved my fans since it got crazy recently, didn't know what to do til I stumbled on this video.

Thanks Mike, just one quick question, I noticed when you put the fan speed to a low speed it said " System fan might behave abnormally" should we avoid that warning or it will cause problems in the future. Thanks again

Thanks for this, built my pc last week. MSI mb, graphics & case. Was using the Frozr AI cooling, couldn't understand why (infrequently) the fans were often off until I opened the software, even though it apparently started with windows. Defo worth a sub, many thanks.

Thanks for the video Mike, I was used to Dragon Center, have always been using MSI MB, but I missed the User Scenario option one. Thanks again!

Hallo mike. When i play games. Is it better to use extreme performance or i use customize and change cpu fans in user scenario. I have rtx 3080, i7 11000kf and motherboard msi z590. What scenario do you recommend during gaming?

Great video! One question though. My MSI motherboard has an onboard chipset fan. How do I change the behavior of that little fan? The noise is annoyingly hight pitched.

Man, thank you so much. There was a problem with my fan and you really helped me out! Thx man

Thank you so much my fans on system 1 were so loud for a while and a went in and change it to pwm and it changed instantly

Thank you for a very precise and easy to follow instruction. Is this also applying to the MSI MPG Edge Z690 motherboard?

Hey, can you tell me why in applcation only CPU Fan & Sys Fan4 have their RPMs when I have two fans for CPU cooler and four system fans (one at back and three at front). Are we able to control all of them separately? Is is something ot be done with connecting fans properly to motherboard? Great video, hlpem me a lot and looking forward answer :)

This is just what I needed after building a PC for my son. His CPU keeps overheating so will use the above to fix. I'd love you to do a video on the MSI BIOS one day, I can't find out how I set my son's memory to PC3200Mhz, it seems to default to PC1066MHz even though it is definitely 3200.

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Thank you, it worked like a charm my pin was a 3 one and I changed to DC and it's perfect.

Does the exhaust fan only spin when a certain temperature is reached? My fan is fine and connected correctly. Which Dot would the exhaust fan be?

Good review of MSi software Mike. About time i looked shain at my Rog Strix settings, once cleaned case first lol Merry Xmas to you and family🎄🎉👍

Lucky you! Tried ordering them from Arctic directly couple of times in the past, and they were not in stock. Very good video as always.

Hey Mike, nice video. Just wondering what you said and did powering all fans into Sys Fan1 on motherboard. It looks msi has provided 6 x Sys Fan headers 12v each. I don't know how many fans you plugged in let's suppose them to be 4 and 4x12v =48v. So, how is that safe to plug 48v all together in 1 Sys Fan Header. Pls reply as I am at the end of assembling my pc, just fan work remains. Thanks

Thank you! The PWM/DC issue is why my montech case fans were spinning like crazy

Will the AIO mount with the pipes to the bottom. Maybe a bit more optimum

Thank you, I'm from Brazil and with little English I could understand the content

Hi Mike, do you prefer MSI center above dragon center? I will also try the Argus. Always in for something new.

Thanks. I did'n know about pwm and dc difference. It helps to me

Hi Mike. A small confusion here, what does the CPU 1 fan mean at bios? Is it the stock cooler (like intel stock cpu cooler) or the casing fan?

Great video, I have MSI morter max 450 version, tried to upgrade the HDD, it worked but I don't know why casing RGB and fan are not working. am not sure about the wired connection, I checked and it's fine. Are there may other issues that stop performing the value top model RGB and Fan?/ waiting for your kind response.

Ty so much this really helped ❤❤ got a new pc and my cpu temp use to go too high

Thanks for the video. When I was charging my laptop the fan would start getting loud and finally got it to stop lol

Hi, great video but I’m stumped. When I click on Customize I have no fan control options. Any ideas or pointers please

under user scenario -> customize -> profile settings I only see 2 Options for my graphics card and not a single Board setting. does anybody know why? thanks!

Hi Mike! Do you know how to off Fans and Rgb Lights during sleeping mode? I've some troubles not being able to turn them off

I have a MAG B550 TOMAHAWK and I would like to use ALL my fans at 50% speed ALL THE TIME as a MINIMUM speed. The 3 frontal fans are PWM 1.800 RPM (I want to run them at 900 RPM = 50% NO MATTER the temperature as a MINIMUM speed. The other 3 fans (2 on top, 1 in the back are the original case fans) CoolerMaster MC600P My Air Cooler is Noctua NH-D15 Chromax Black, this I won't change anything, just the case fans. Anyone can help ?

Thank you very much for this video, it helped a lot!!

So I’ve got a question. I did both the center and bios as you did but what’s the point in using the bios if you’re just gonna redo it in center?

Hi, Mike. Thanks for this video, and the others you've done covering the MSI BIOS. After using Macs for the past 13 years, I'm doing my first PC build in many years for my new music production system. I've ordered an MSI MPG B550 Gaming Plus, and will be using it in an NZXT H510 case; I'll also be using Arctic P12 PWM PST fans. I recently saw this about the H510 online, and it got me thinking: “One thing I will say about airflow in the 510, put the 2 fans as exhaust, no front intakes. This is contrary to most popular info, but it's not an ordinary situation: that case works far better thermally in a totally negative setup, especially for the GPU.” With that in mind, is it possible to completely disable fans in the MSI BIOS? Ideally, I would like to install the two intake fans at the front of the case and test it out, and then just disable them if they do indeed cause problems. Thanks!

Thank you, not the most intuitive software, much appreciated

So what do you recommend for water cooling people? The carbon ek x doesn't have a temp sensor header???

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Does MSI Center need to be running all the time to control the fans like this, or can I keep it closed after I apply the fan settings?

Hi Mike, i know it's an old video but i got a problem about my fans which connected to msi ddr4 z690 a wifi mobo. I can reach the adjusts that you mentioned and see their fan speed everywhere but couldn't change or arrange their speed altough i tried everything that u mentioned (pwm/Dc etc..). No matter what i do they re always stable about 1000 rpm. do you have a suggestion ? thx a lot..

Hey man my CPU cooler has 4 pins but 3 wires, is it PWM or DC?

Does msi center save settings to bios. Or will it need to be running all the time to manage the fans?

i know this is a few years old but thanks this is so much better than dragon center

This video FINALLY quiet down my pc after all those years. God damn thank you

Yea im the same, if either my CPU or GPU goes over 70'c, i tweak to stay under that temp. A cool rig, is a longer life span rig.

How are your fans at 300RPM, mine were at 6K with my PC at like 50 degrees on PWM. I have Vetroo V240 CPU Cooler and switched to DC it dropped only to 3.8K…????

What is the point of configuring it in the bios if you're going to end up controlling it in the software? Is it basically incase the software goes down the bios settings take over?

Wish I'd of found this video a couple of days a go, would of saved a lot of head scratching with my first pc build. Quick question, when I change the Dram settings in XMP profile 1 to the right mhz (3600) When I save and exit and it re-boots it flashes up that the pc has been changed to gaming mode then goes to the home screen to log in, the fans are now running a t a faster speed than what I had set them (not got to MSI centre yet) IF I go back into the bios to see if I can change the settings the bios is locked in the the mouse pointer doesn't work nor the keys? The only way I can change anything is to power down and press the Cmos button and start again. Specs; Ryzen 5 5600x MSI MPG X570S EDGE MAX WIFI ATX Corsair Vengeance RGB Pro SL 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3600 Samsung 980 Pro 1 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 4.0 X4 NVME SSD Western Digital Blue SN570 1 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 3.0 X4 NVME SSD MSI VENTUS 2X OCV1 GeForce RTX 3060 Ti LHR 8 GB Video Card Lian Li GALAHAD AIO 240 RGB 69.17 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler Lian Li Lancool II Mesh C RGB ATX Mid Tower Case NZXT C750 (2022) 750 W 80+ Gold Lian Li ST120 69.17 CFM 120 mm Fans 3-Pack

Again you helped me out a lot. Thank you

Mike, maybe u could help me. I bought a B550 Tomahawk and a CPU Cooler Fan from Redragon, model is Effect, it's say that has ARGB lights but the connection is 4Pin PWM. Is there some way to control the light effects through the mobo?

will 'Mystic Light' be able to control aRGB Case Fans that aren't MSI brand as long as it is connected to the MSI motherboard?

Do I need to make sure that anything is set a specific way in the BIOS when using MSI Center?

This video covers everything you need to know to set up your fans correctly if you have never done even it shows what happens if you first build your PC and your fans are going crazy how to fix this problem (to change from DC mode to PWM). Thank you very much, you helped me to make my PC quiet. Great presentation of MSI Center also. Have a nice week!

Hello sir! Quick question, I have all my fans connected to a lian li hub that connects to the pump fan instead of the system fan. Is this correct? I did so based on video instructions provided from manufactures website (both msi aio cooler and Lian li fans). Any help is appreciated! Thank you sir!

Hi, again, i'm trying to tie the system fans to the cpu temp, as i can do it in my gygabite motherboard, bud here in MSI, is not working thougether, I want that when my cpu fans are full speed, the system fans do the same, i don't care about the noise. Can be done in MSI as in gygabite?

Why I don’t have the fan option on my profile setting on my msi user scenario?

Hey Mike. Question: Would I still be able to control each separate fan if they're connected to a 1 to 2 PWM splitter? As the motherboard I'm planning to get is an MSI z690i Unify, and it only has 3 headers for fans, but I plan on using 6, so I decided to just use 3 1 to 2 splitters to accommodate all 6 fans.

Hi Mike, I'd highly recommend Argus fan software. You can do a demo but it is a paid software, you do get a licence for two PC's so works out about £5 each. The thing you can do with Argus is control the fans from whatever heat source you want, so if you got fans directed to the GPU ie: below, or for gaming the GPU will be the hottest point to control. You can also do a duel heat source, ie: CPU and GPU so depending on which one is hottest that will control the curve. I haven't found any other software that can give control of fans from the GPU that is easy to use. Also compatible with all not locked to just one motherboard. Hope you have a look and don't mind the comment, would make a great video for you to do. Thanks you.

Is MSI Center not for this kind of stuff? Do I need to do all that via BIOS?

This was very useful, thanks a lot! :-)

Very very usefull man ! Thanks a lot !

I setup the "Custom" scenario in "user scenarios". Is there a way to stop it from automatically switching between user scenarios (Extreme/balance/silent)? It doesn't appear there is. I disabled the "smart priority" thinking maybe that would do something, but it didn't.

Hello Mike, thanks for this tutorial. I cannot find a way to adjust the step-up-time in MSI Center. This feature is only offered in the bios? In the bios there are only three options and I hoped the MSI Center being more flexible, but there seems to be no step-up-time-feature at all. Do you know more about it? Cheers.

I have tried this twice now, and I absolutely love the results. Yet, when I restart my computer - the fans start revving up again to 1300-1800 even at 20c temp. The settings I've set for these fans are saved, but they're spinning fast until I do the "Fan tune" again. Do you have to click "fan tune" every time you restart your PC? :/

Nice one Mike, I was worried about where the green dot was as I just built my first pc for my brother for Xmas and on dragon Centre the green dot was where the te.p was was but msi center just has the dot on the far right and was worried I had a fault somewhere

Perfect Mike been wondering how this works :D

I just finished an AM5 build and I cannot get the fan control to work in the bios. I have an EK Basic 240 AIO with the included fans daisy chained with the included adapter. No matter what I try in the bios the fans just blast away at full throttle. Is it possible MSI bios doesn't allow PWM fan control if 2 fans are daisy chained to the CPU fan header? I'm going to try 3rd party fan control software next.

My MSI Center has no FAN section in user scenario>customize!!! What should I do?

Hey so I’ve tried to adjust my fan curves for my both my AOI water cooler fan and my case fans but when I adjust the curve, the rpm stays the same. Any tips would be appreciated

You know anything about MSI Center, Mystic Light, etc. on Win11? Doesn't seem to work kfor anyone...

02:15 How do you check whether you have a 3-pin or 4-pin without having to open the case?

I got a MSI Z690 board and put in five PWM 3-pin fans. I used a Y-splitter that's for both 3-pin and 4-pin connectors. It works, but I can't control them and want them to run with less RPMs. When i go in to check the BIOS it only shows PWM and not DC even though they are 3-pin. I've unplugged the splitter thinking it was fooling the motherboard because it's connecting with a 4-pin end into the system fan port. No change, still only shows PWM. Any ideas? Should I just buy another set of 4-pin fans? Also if I use the two Noctua low-noise adapters I have on them between the fan and Y-splitter that should work right?

Great video! Helped me a lot!

Really helpful video! Thanks very much! +

You said let cpu be controlled by bios, but then in the msi center software you go straight to cpu fan1? Am I missing something?

so a bit confused, I set my fan speeds in BIOS and have Dragoncenter which I like to set my RGB's on my motherboard and AIO fans. So if I get MSI Center do I need to match the fan settings with the ones I just set in BIOS? You mentioned how BIOS usually overrides the other settings on MSI Center.

My system fan that I'm plugged into is PWM and is controlled by the motherboard and MSI center all though it always shows 0 RPM. My CPU fan does have a value. Any ideas on why I don't see the RPM for sys fans?

Can you help? My fans ramp only when I start a game. Even within 2 minutes of starting it. My CPU Fan in the MSI center says 4800 and the heat it seems is 65c with cpu core usage at 32% and cpu fan at 59%. My 3 system fans are at 1000 rpm.

Hello, in the 12 volt system I get that I use 12.120 and in the 5 volt system I get that I use 5.030. Is there a solution to put in the system that only uses 12 and 5 volts exactly?

why is the toggle switch - always refresh, constantly activated on its own? where can i turn it off? what folder to delete? how to fix it? impose to update

justo acabo de encontrar este video y la explicación es perfecta, muchas felicidades por crear buen contenido y gracias👌👍

I have the corsair 5000D with 4 corsair SP120 RGB Elite fans with the Lightning Node Core. Now the RGB works just fine. And I have the fans connected to the built in fan hub that came with the case. 1-4 and have the cable with power 4 pin connected to the board fan connector and the sata cable connected to the sata from the PSU. The fans come on but I can't see the speeds posted in the bios and I can't change the speeds either. Where did I mess up at?? please help.

7:32 Is it safe to connect 6 fans with a hub on a single 4-pin? I heard a 4-pin could at most fully power 2 case fans instead with a splitter

Is there something similar for GPUs to change their fan curve? I.e. for an 3080 FE

Doesn't work for me. Just got myself a msi b650 tomahawk and it started ramping the fan up and down randomly only to then get stuck at 2000RPM a few weeks later... Now I it stays at ~2000RPM no matter what I do (I'e tried updating bios and setting a custom fan profile). I'm using a noctua nh u12a and the included fans "Noctua NF-A12x25 PWM 12V 2000RPM 120mm". Do you have any idea as to what has gone wrong?

I did the fan tuning thing in msi connect and the fans didn't change at all also it didn't rev up louder and then completely stop it stayed the same through the whole process is it possible the bios is overriding anything I try to do cuz nothing I do changes the fans in the app

Just built a gaming pc with msi b550 and my case fans spin but dont get registered in bios or anything pls help