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August 13th, 2025 00:27
PowerEdge 760xs Fans Running High & Loud
Good Day to All,
I'm working with a PowerEdge 760xs and the fans are incredibly loud in a cool room and system at idle booted into Windows Server 2022. I have a 15th gen server that starts loud, but settles down once booted into the OS, this one does not. The room is kept at 65 degrees F. I've had an issue in the past with a third party GPU causing the fans to spin up so I removed the GPU from this server as a test, but it didn't quiet the fans. Is there a fan control issue with the current BIOS/iDRAC/Lifecycle Controller firmware, or is this just the way these servers behave? I've read that fans may spin up because of the BOSS card in the rear. Even so, it seems excessive. The server is not in a data center. It's racked in a comm room and the fan whine is audible down the hall even with the door closed.
iDRAC 9 shows fans at 84.29% PWM. OSMA shoes the individual fan speeds as follows:
1A: 12960 RPM - Gold Fan
1B: 11400 RPM - Silver Fan
2A: 22560 RPM - Silver Fan
3A: 22800 RPM - Silver Fan
4A: 22560 RPM - Silver Fan
5A: 22800 RPM - Silver Fan
6A: 22560 RPM - Silver Fan
Temps: CPU1: 30C - CPU2: 30C - Inlet: 20C - Exhaust: 29C - GPU: 34C
The GPU is a RTX A1000 and has a Dell P/N on the card.
and there is a BOSS card installed.
BIOS Version: 2.5.4 and Lifecycle Controller Firmware: 7.20.10.50
I tried doing a RACADM reset and some other commands, but it doesn't seem to change fan behavior. Changing power and cooling/thermal settings in BIOS and iDRAC also have no affect on the fan speed.
Anybody else is having a similar issue?
Found a fix?
Is this considered normal, or is it a known issue?
Do I need to roll back firmware?
Any insight the community may have is much appreciated. I've been able to figure out many issues in the past, but this one has got me.
Thank you all