Simple Cooling Mode

The Cooling page has two modes of its own, and simple mode is three tiles: Silent, Balanced, Turbo. Press one and every fan Nexus controls runs that profile. No fan list, no curve editor, no per-fan dropdowns. For most builds this is the whole of fan control.

1. Choosing a profile

Each tile names what it does under its title:

  • Silent - "Slow, quiet fans."
  • Balanced - "Everyday mix of cooling and noise."
  • Turbo - "Maximum cooling."

The active tile stays marked. Each one drives every fan from a built-in curve, so speeds still follow temperature - the difference between the three is how hard, not whether they respond at all.

2. Knowing what Nexus is driving

The line beside the mode chip counts how many of your fans are being driven, out of how many exist: "4/6 fans controlled". A fan sits outside that count when it is on BIOS control or has been taken out of Nexus control, both of which the advanced page can do per fan.

When some are not being driven, a Control all button appears next to the count. Press it and Nexus takes over the rest and puts them on the active profile.

If the advanced page left a custom setup running, simple mode says so rather than pretending: "A custom fan setup is active. Switch to advanced mode to manage it." Custom is not a fourth tile, because it means editing curves, which is advanced-mode work.

3. Handing the fans back

The chip at the left of the row opens the page's own menu, and Off is in it: "Releases every fan. The BIOS takes fan control back." That is the state to pick if you would rather your motherboard ran the fans.

4. Moving to advanced mode

The same chip menu switches between Simple mode and Advanced mode, and the card at the bottom is a shortcut to the same switch: Manage fan curves, custom presets and calibration.

Advanced mode adds the fan rail, the curve editor, saved presets, and calibration. Nothing you set here is lost by switching, and switching back does not delete curves.

Tip

The choice is remembered per page, so Cooling can stay simple while Lighting is in advanced mode. Lighting has its own simple mode.

5. Next steps