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    Change fan behavior?

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by hong314, Jul 20, 2009.

  1. hong314

    hong314 Notebook Guru

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    I recently got an Asus gaming laptop and it works great. I was wondering however, if there were any programs that would allow me to change the behavior of the fan (when it should kick in and to what intensity etc) so I don't have to worry about it dying on me in the future.
     
    hong314, Jul 20, 2009
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  2. moral hazard

    moral hazard Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    maybe speedfan?
    I can't say for sure since it didn't work for me.
     
    moral hazard, Jul 20, 2009
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    jackluo923 Notebook Virtuoso

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    As long as you can know the EC registers, you can control the fans.
    E.g. for Acer Aspire One , there's aa1fancontrol, a1ctl
    For eeepc, there's eeectl
     
    jackluo923, Jul 20, 2009
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    Jackluo923, what about for a dell studio 1537
     
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    Bog Losing it...

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    Bog, Jul 21, 2009
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