ThinkServer TS140 - Inconsistently loud fans, and BIOS update made it worse?

This is an unusual request for me to be making, but does anybody have any experience with the fans on a TSx40 ThinkServer randomly ramping up, even when the processors are minimally loaded?
I have a ThinkServer TS140 that I loaded VMware ESXi 5.5 on that is intended to live in my front office for basic development. Nothing fancy, and really just a couple of simple LInux VM's, generally only one at a time.
Hardware is:
ThinkServer TS140 with Intel Xeon E3-1225v3 at 3.2GHz
Intel PWLA8391GTBLK PRO/1000 GT Desktop Network Adapter
Adaptec RAID 6405E Storage Controller (2271700-R)
(2x) WD Red 1TB hard drives (WD10EFRX)
Out of the box, I would boot the server up, it would be whisper-quiet, and I would work with it as needed. This is my first Lenovo purchase, and I was very impressed with the performance-and-silence-to-cost ratio. Then, one night when I left the server running without any VM's even powered on, I came in to find the fans ramped up to full speed. I couldnt explain why, so I restarted the server and it returned to normal. This has happened a number of times, and I cant figure out why.
This morning I tried performing a BIOS update to 8A8 using the DOS Utility, and the update went well....but now the fans are ramped up all the time!
I have the BIOS power settings on "Best Acoustic Performance", and I'm not sure what else to do...
Is this an issue with using non-Lenovo hardware in the server, specifically the network card or RAID adapter?
I'm open to any suggestions, thoughts, ideas, or questions.....thanks!

Hi,
Validated is a term used when we have tested and ensured the functionality of a device in the system. Some devices have specific firmware on them (specific to Lenovo). Since there are thousands of potential devices and configurations, it is impossible to test and validate them all. There is a subset of hardware that is tested and approved (validated) and also supported on Lenovo systems. This information can be found on our support site in the documentation section.
Here is the datasheet for the TS140 which details what is validated and supported on the TS140.

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