Alienware Area-51 ALX Thermal Control Question (CPU Temp.)

I have no idea how what you wrote was supposed to help me, or if it's even related. I HAVE full control over my fans, and how do you know I am not "smart" enought to not damage it? And how do you damage something by increasing the fan speed? Your post makes no sense at all. It's actually quite idiotic.

I'll state my question once again to avoid more ignorant and stupid answers which yields no answer or help at all:

Can you use the CPU Core sensors to adjust the temperature instead of the environmental sensors in Automatic Mode?

I don't want my computer to sound like an airplane/I don't want to wear down my fans, when I don't need them on 80-.100% in idle.

I mean, the fans being controlled are the fan that cools my Watercooling to my CPU aswell as my harddrives.

Since it sets the fan speed dependant on the SURROUNDING heat, it yields NO gain WHATSOEVER, it's the heat allocated on the CPU's cores and ON the harddrive, not around it in the vicinity.

Your question has been asked many times in different threads over many years.

The answer from Dell appears, as recently posted here, that the purchaser isn't smart enough to ensure they wont damage their own system by giving them control of their system fan.

Let me explain it to you a little better.

I and numerous others have asked your very same question. Your CPU fan is your system fan and you are not allowed to have control of it. This isn't my doing but is Dell's doing and the explanation given on this board by a Dell contributor is that we can't be trusted to manually adjust the system fan or control it in any way.

I'm not making you out to be an idiot, Dell is by their refusal to allow you to have control of your system fan. You can adjust everything else (PCI and HHD fan) by using the curve option, but you will never be allowed to control your system (radiator-CPU) fan. We simply can't be trusted, we aren't smart enough.

If you search this topic you will find numerous threads in this forum addressing your issues.

What you have is what you get, no changes allowed by Dell.

The old CCD version running on aurora would let you adjust it. If you have an aurora and the CD with version one you can try flashing back. It's a risk though..the MIO board may get bricked ( i'v flashed backwards and never had an issue ) but Dell says it can happen.

Another option is connecting the system fan to one of the pins on the mobo and then using something like speed fan to control it. The pump has a Dell connector on it. They make an adapter for the one used on the area 51 but not the aurora. The Area 51 uses a 5-pin and i'v seen the adapter but never tried it. I'm going to assume that the pump will still run at 100% even without the fan connected. If so then you don't need to mess with it. just change the fan to another connector.

I think the aurora uses a 6-pin for the pump and i'v never seen an adapter for that one.

I myself never had temp issues with it. I can run my computer all out and maybe see 70c,maybe. Thats with prime95 running for an hour. The CCD does a good job..for me anyway.

You could add a fan to the radiator, and control it with a simple fan controller.

Thanks for the help, morblore. I'll investigate your claims further this week, and see if I can do something about it.

My current temp. (and I'm only browsing) is 57-64c, and I'm currently not overclocking my 990X, even.

It's a pain to have laid so much money on a CPU which was created in the first place to be OC'd; and then having problems with a computer that's costed you well over 6000 dollars, because it limits your heat control.

Thanks for the help, morblore. I'll investigate your claims further this week, and see if I can do something about it.   My current temp. (and I'm only browsing) is 57-64c, and I'm currently not overclocking my 990X, even.   It's a pain to have laid so much money on a CPU which was created in the first place to be OC'd; and then having problems with a computer that's costed you well over 6000 dollars, because it limits your heat control.

Right now I have a 4ghz OC on it and my temps typing this is 32c to 36c for all 6 cores. My OC is also all 6 cores and not this 1 core stuff like they do on cheaper CPU's. That should give you an idea of what your temps should be.  Something in your system is broke or you have the AC off with 90+ room temps.

I promise you something isn't right. Open the case and double check the fans. Make sure they are spinning and not blocked by something.

The temps you are getting is what I get when I back slap my system like a red headed step child in walmart. I have to push it HARD to reach that.