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    Control Fan Speed 1530!

    Discussion in 'Dell XPS and Studio XPS' started by aznarcher, Oct 2, 2008.

  1. aznarcher

    aznarcher Notebook Enthusiast

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    Hi, I was wondering if there was any software out there that could control the XPS 1530's fan speed? Any suggestions?
     
    aznarcher, Oct 2, 2008
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    I8kfanGUI

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    i tried it.. but it didn't let me manually control the fan. it doesn't seem like the software is compatible with the xps 1530 :( thanks for the quick reply though! anything else?
     
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    If I8kfanGUI cannot override the BIOS, then nothing can.
     
    Andy, Oct 2, 2008
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    oh... darn.
     
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    Andy, Oct 2, 2008
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