Fan speed varies 0 - 42 000 !! on K7N2G-ILSR

Hello people! :D
I have MSI K7N2G-ILSR board. I use the on board cpu fan connector for my cpu fan.
The problem is this: according to PC-Alert the fan speed varies very much: sometimes PC-Alert says the fan is spinning over 42 000 rpm/min REALLY! and sometimes it says 0 rpm/min (it is an enermax adjustable fan)!
I didn't have this problem say 2 months ago, but now I have it all the time. I have to switch off the PC-Alert to use the PC. I have tried other surveillance programs too and they give the same result!
I have the newest version of PC-Alert installed. Other details you can find in my signature below.
Best wishes to you all
Tatu Heiskanen

Hia again!
The fan problem was a simple one: if fan rotates less then approx 2000 rpm/min mainboards bios can't detect the rotationspeed correctly!
So I raised the rpms over 2000 & all is ok!
Cya all!
Tatu Heiskanen :D

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