R740xd – Loud Fans With Rear Flex Bay

Fan speed with standard fans

This post will be short and sweet. If you have an R740xd with a rear flex bay you need high performance fans installed otherwise fan speed will remain at 100%. I’ve seen this behavior time and time again.

Here’s a screenshot of the fans with standard cooling fans installed:

Fan speed with standard fans

And here is a screenshot right after the installation of high performance fans:

fan speed after high performance fan installation

It may be necessary to reset iDRAC after installation of high performance fans.

 

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