KT4 Ultra XPCooler Issue

I have just installed a KT4 Ultra board with windows XP and the drivers supplied on the CD. The hardware monitoring software works but the XPcooler does not seem to issue the halt instruction to the CPU and so no cooling takes place. Nomal operation the CPU XP2200 runs about 44c.
I have checked the FAQ's and can find no information to help.
The CPU is not showing 100% when XPcooler is running so that must prove it is not having the desired effect.
Any Ideas?

Thanks Bas
Thats done the trick, the system is now down to 28c

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