Does RFC fully overwrite BIOS "smart" controls when they are enabled?

[Firefly518]

I am aware that documentation has recommended I turn off all "smart" features and set a fix fan speed in BIOS to go with RFC, but I still want to know if I actually must do so.

I built a PC for a friend in China, during which I noticed that RFC could not check for updates - likely due to The Great Firewall which blocks parts of Github afaik (I couldn't download it from the official site either). I do not live in China, so I added some decent BIOS fan settings for the PC to fall back on in case a Windows Update or something else breaks the installed version someday (the friend is not tech savvy).

Doing so required me to enable "Smart Fan Mode", which just means having a function with a few adjustable points as a fan curve instead of a single constant value - hardly qualifies as "smart" imo. Although I've configured 3 different motherboards now and this seems to be the standard so now I see why our hero created RFC 😆

I'm assuming that's simply just gonna get overwritten by RFC while RFC is running, and is not the kind of "smart" feature that is likely to cause problems with the motherboard.

Am I right? If not then I can fix it next time I go there.

[Rem0o]

It may or may not be a problem. I recommend always disabling it as a one size fits all solution. The worst that can happen is the bios curve taking over, then fancontrol taking over, then the bios again and so on.