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Notebook fan spinning at max after trying Linux
I have a Thinkpad T420 (4178-BSG) I use with Windows. The fan (cpu) was always very quiet and I was completely satisfied with it. A few days ago I booted Backtrack Linux from a flashdrive and the fan ...
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How to make the fan run at max speed: Samsung 300v5a?
I've got a problem. I want to make my laptop's fan always turn at max speed regardless of temperature (in other words make my PC not reach that temperature at all).
So far I've found two ways: ...
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Speedfan won't automatically regulate
I used to have Speedfan regulating my fan speed automatically, but ever since I've reformatted, I can't get this to work. I've done the following:
In Temperatures, I have only CPU checked with CPU ...
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Laptop fan always on with AC, not always on with battery, despite being configured
My laptop occasionally gets somewhat hot, so I've configured my power plan in Windows 7 so that the fan should always be on whether powered by AC or battery.
However the fans don't always run when ...
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Loud Fan in Windows PE
I have a machine running Windows XP and the fan is loud until the login screen comes up. It is quiet after that. If I use a PE disk the fan stays loud and never gets quiet. Why does it become quiet ...
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Computer BSOD on cold boot. Works fine off manual restart from BSOD? CPU fan not spinning at startup?
I think the title explains it all
Running win 7
Gigabyte Mobo
X6 1055t
4gb ram passes memtest86+
Good PSU
And yes the cpu fan header is connected.
Is it just a bad install?
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Help me understand SpeedFan settings
My computer fans speed up and down whenever my cpu use twitches. The varying sound of the fans is very annoying so I installed SpeedFan to try to fix this.
I have fiddled with the SpeedFan settings ...
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What is a good hardware monitor?
Does anyone have a good freeware app for monitoring laptop hardware? Things like temperature and fan speed. I had one, but after a few weeks it wanted me to pay.
