F3Jc questions

Hey

I recently bought an ASUS F3Jc with the following basic specs:
Core Duo T2250 (1,73GHz, 533FSB, 2MB L2)
512MB Nanya DDR2-667 (and added another 512MB Hynix DDR2-533 stick afterwards)
Geforce Go 7300 128MB (stock 84.xx drivers advertised 256MB of VRAM, 92.91 512MB, but hey, its TurboCache in action )

Also the BIOS revision is number 205. Other specs are irrelevant for my "problem".

The reason for this thread is that since I leave my F3Jc on at night in the same room I sleep in, to do some bittorrenting, but although I run it in Power4Gear "Quiet Office" mode on AC power with the T2250 clocked down to 800Mhz, it still makes a bit too much noise to peacefully sleep in the same room. This didn't annoy me when I first got it but now it does.

I downloaded BIOS rev. 300 from ASUS` site but hadn't had the balls to flash the BIOS yet using the included ASUS Win utility The changelog didn't mention fan speed corrections but manufacturers usually leave these "details" out?
I'm open to your suggestions to solve this.

 

I think you might have to live with the fan noise... usually the new BIOS either keeps the fan threshhold, or even lowers it, ie it goes on at even lower temps.

If you really can't stand it, maybe try getting a notebook cooler, and put it right near the AC or something so the fan doesn't come on... but other than that I can't think of anything else. (Well, if you wanna risk voiding warranty, then try use Arctic Silver on your heatsink ... but again, dunno if you wanna do that... )

 

At least to me, a cooling pad isn't a viable solution - it also generates noise. I've looked into NHC and browsed their forums about controlling the CPU speeds, voltage and fan speeds with NHC`s ACPI interface though no-one has written the needed .dsl file for F3Jc.

Also another thing...
When I first got it and closed the lid so the screen would turn off, opened it and lit up by itself like it should. But now I close the lid, open it and I have to move the mouse or press a key to get the screen to light up again. Slightly annoying but maybe fixable? Haven't shut down any ASUS processes which control these kind of things.

edit: I've flashed the BIOS to rev.300. It didn't make the laptop any noisier but it's not more quiet either. Thought it fixed (temporarily?) the aforementioned screen-not-turning-on problem.

edit2: As I see, the only true possibility is to use NHC`s ACPI control but I don't have the knowledge to write the appropriate control file. I've included the DSDT files needed to write the file, maybe someone more knowledgeable could write the control file. Thanks.

( http://www.pbus-167.com/nhc/nhc_advanced.htm#anchor_acpi_programming )

 

Bump.

As from what I've heard, the predecessor to F3J series is the A6J and therefore their ACPI control tables are (somewhat) similar?
Relieve my anxious mind and tell me whether wrong values in the Notebook Hardware Control ACPI fan speed control tables can permanently screw the fan controller up? If that is not the case, I can try to write my own control table based on A6J`s table without the fear of permanent damage to my NB.