questions in regards to new mini pc

ifeedcat

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So basically everytime i turn it on it boots into bios uefi utility from where im booting on onto windows - how to stop it?
There is a big fan AeroCool at the back of top left corner which doesnt spin at all or it will spin under heavy load?
 
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ifeedcat

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For some reason i believe its GPU fan spinning 24/7 really loud , couldnt stand the noise and turned it off. After turning it back it starts to spin really loud.
Ill probably give PCS a call after Christmas , so far Im really disappointed.....
 

ifeedcat

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Case AeroCool DS Cube Red Edition Window Mini-ITX
Processor (CPU) Intel® Core™i5 Quad Core Processor i5-6600 (3.3GHz) 6MB Cache
Motherboard ASUS® MAXIMUS VIII IMPACT: Mini-ITX, LG1151, USB 3.1, SATA 6GBs
Memory (RAM) 16GB HyperX FURY DDR4 2666MHz (2 x 8GB Kit)
Graphics Card 2GB NVIDIA GEFORCE GTX 750 Ti - VGA, DVI, mHDMI - 3D Vision Ready
2nd Graphics Card NONE
1st Hard Disk 120GB SAMSUNG 650 SSD, SATA 6Gb/s (upto 540MB/sR | 450MB/sW)
2nd Hard Disk 1TB WD BLACK WD1003FZEX, SATA 6 Gb/s, 64MB CACHE (7200rpm)
1st PCI-E SSD Drive NONE
RAID NONE
1st DVD/BLU-RAY Drive 24x DUAL LAYER DVD WRITER ±R/±RW/RAM
Power Supply CORSAIR 650W CS SERIES™ MODULAR 80 PLUS® GOLD, ULTRA QUIET
Processor Cooling NOCTUA NH-L9i LOW PROFILE, SUPER QUIET CPU COOLER
Thermal Paste ARCTIC MX-4 EXTREME THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY COMPOUND


The noise came again randomly from the bottom of the PC , the thing is that im not doing anything on it. It basically stays on then randomly starts to spin and i cant stand that noise...
 

SpyderTracks

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Case AeroCool DS Cube Red Edition Window Mini-ITX
Processor (CPU) Intel® Core™i5 Quad Core Processor i5-6600 (3.3GHz) 6MB Cache
Motherboard ASUS® MAXIMUS VIII IMPACT: Mini-ITX, LG1151, USB 3.1, SATA 6GBs
Memory (RAM) 16GB HyperX FURY DDR4 2666MHz (2 x 8GB Kit)
Graphics Card 2GB NVIDIA GEFORCE GTX 750 Ti - VGA, DVI, mHDMI - 3D Vision Ready
2nd Graphics Card NONE
1st Hard Disk 120GB SAMSUNG 650 SSD, SATA 6Gb/s (upto 540MB/sR | 450MB/sW)
2nd Hard Disk 1TB WD BLACK WD1003FZEX, SATA 6 Gb/s, 64MB CACHE (7200rpm)
1st PCI-E SSD Drive NONE
RAID NONE
1st DVD/BLU-RAY Drive 24x DUAL LAYER DVD WRITER ±R/±RW/RAM
Power Supply CORSAIR 650W CS SERIES™ MODULAR 80 PLUS® GOLD, ULTRA QUIET
Processor Cooling NOCTUA NH-L9i LOW PROFILE, SUPER QUIET CPU COOLER
Thermal Paste ARCTIC MX-4 EXTREME THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY COMPOUND


The noise came again randomly from the bottom of the PC , the thing is that im not doing anything on it. It basically stays on then randomly starts to spin and i cant stand that noise...

Have you got ai suite installed? And fan xpert?
 

ifeedcat

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Nope there was nothing on PC itself apart from windows and drivers.
Am i supposed to have that software on CDs in welcome pack or ?
To be more precise , it says
 
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SpyderTracks

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Nope there was nothing on PC itself apart from windows and drivers.
Am i supposed to have that software on CDs in welcome pack or ?

Download it direct from Asus, go to support section, find your motherboard and look for it there. Install it, should help with the fans.
 

ifeedcat

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What about booting any idea on that ?
Screen comes up press F1 to continue bla bla , until i press it nothing gonna happen it just stays there.
After pressing F1 it loads BIOS UEFI utility where i need to go boot management and make it boot directly from Windows SSD.
I have tried changing boot order by putting windows boot manager on top , didnt help.

Please enter setup to recover BIOS setting
When raid configuration was built bla bla
Press F1 to run setup


Fan Xpert only sees CPU FAN , it doesnt see any other fans in the case unless that AeroCool big one is disconnected without any reason ?
 
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sanj

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Hi, the motherboard in question(ASUS® MAXIMUS VIII IMPACT)only has one fan header other than the cpu one and your rear fan will be connected to that so the large Aerocool one should have been connected via a molex to fan header from one of the molex connectors running from the psu. Please check to see if it is connected properly!
 

ifeedcat

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There is a cable running from aero to the bottom connected to something.
Im not good with that stuff if you could show me some sort of guide where to look and how it should be connected then i can check.
At the moment , there is CPU fan working , PSU at the bottom and GPU.
AI suite sees only CPU fan.


What about BIOS thing , is it meant to be like that? That it boots into BIOS first.
 
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