Re: Can a weak CMOS battery prevent detection of a drive

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>> Why such a proliferation of inadequate thermal grease products? Gresham's 
>> law is a monetary principle stating that "bad money drives out good". 
>> Likewise, so many people settle for bad grease. I've spent a lot of money 
>> on bad grease.
>>
>
> The good grease worked for me. On the new Q9650 all the cores are below 
> 40C. It can take two weeks for grease to 'set'. That means the idle state 
> gets cooler and cooler.

Typical low CPU load core temperatures of the Q9650 are:
31C., 31C., 28C. and 32C.
Thermal Grizzly Kryonaut thermal grease works great! However, the MOBO 
manual suggests that optional fans be installed to avoid overheating. The 
manual can be found by Google'n 'Gigabyte GA-EP45-DS3L .PDF'

I have a Cougar MX330-X gaming case whose manual can be found here:
https://cougargaming.com/fileadmin/downloads/USERS_MANUAL/MX330_X_usermanual.pdf

Note that 5 optional fans can be installed. CPU and Fan N are installed and 
their 4-pin fan headers are occupied. According to the MOBO manual there are 
2 3-pin fan headers up for grabs.

I am confused. How do I get support for maximum number of fans. Where to 
buy?

Thanks

According to the BIOS, installed fans can be set to sound an alarm if fans 
fail or CPU exceeds 80C. However, the beep speaker has been silent for a 
long time. There is an little known beep code. The absence of a beep 
confirmation at boot time indicates something is wrong. Maybe what is wrong 
is the beep speaker?