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    Changing Fan Kickin Temp

    Discussion in 'Dell' started by QuicKSwitcH, May 6, 2008.

  1. QuicKSwitcH

    QuicKSwitcH Notebook Guru

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    I have a xps 1530 running on vista x86 for the moment and i was noticing that the fans for the xps only kick in when the temp goes above 65C. This is my first laptop and i was trying to search for it, but is there anyway that i can control and lower the temp at which the fan kicks in?

    Fan kicks in around 65C and lowers temp to 47C, and it rinses and repeats about every 5 minutes.
     
    QuicKSwitcH, May 6, 2008
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  2. The_Observer

    The_Observer 9262 is the best:)

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    I am not sure but I think you can set this up in speedfan.
     
    The_Observer, May 6, 2008
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  3. SeanOfOz

    SeanOfOz Notebook Consultant

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    Have you tried I8kFanGUI? You can set it up to go off/low/high at any temps you want, with separate temps for the CPU, GPU, Chipset, memory etc. Try it:

    http://www.diefer.de/i8kfan/index.html
     
    SeanOfOz, May 7, 2008
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  4. disciplined

    disciplined Notebook Geek

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    those dont work

    its locked out in the bios. I have tried speedfan and i8kfangui. New versions need to come out that unlock or overcome the bios.
     
    disciplined, May 7, 2008
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    try undervolting your cpu, its helped reduce that annoying fan noise
     
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  6. QuicKSwitcH

    QuicKSwitcH Notebook Guru

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    yea i do have it undervolted at 1.0125v at 12x and it goes down w/ the multi but it still gets hot eventually. Yea i tried the gui program didnt work.
     
    QuicKSwitcH, May 7, 2008
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