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SpeedFan is a program that monitors voltages, fan speeds and temperatures in computers with hardware monitor chips.

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Arch Linux: Cannot control fan speed

I just installed arch linux on my laptop and I noticed that my fans are full speed all the time so I tried to fix that. I followed the wiki guide here but I am stuck because everytime I run sensors I ...
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How can I control my fans with SpeedFan? Doesn't show anything

I have a problem. My laptop gets really hot every time... Last time it was around 120 degrees. I need to control my fans with SpeedFan. But the problem is that my laptop doesn't see the fans. My ...
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How to control fan speed using SpeedFan?

The CPU fan in my laptop is running too fast. I wish to control the speed manually to my preference, at times. Here is a CPU-Z screenshot of my laptop configuration: And here is how SpeedFan window ...
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Laptop fan speed with strange behaviour

I have had a N550JV Asus laptop for more than 6 years. Recently I noticed the fan speed noise increase without any reason, the CPU activity is normal and the system has been checked for any probable ...
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Controlling fan speed with Windows without additional programs

This is clearly a duplicate of at least five question with almost the same title of mine. However I tried all the free programs in the respective answers and none of them worked for me. For this ...
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SpeedFan shows ridiculous numbers for Temp2 and Temp3

I have the Dell XPS 15 (9550). I have recently noticed that my fans seem to be running constantly, so I ran SpeedFan to see if I could figure out why. Can anybody explain what these numbers mean, and ...
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GPU temperature sensor dropping randomly

I have an AMD Radeon HD 6900 series graphics card, when not playing games the temperature will be reading anywhere from around 40c - 50c. But when playing games, the correct reading of the ...
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Unable to control one fan with SpeedFan

In my pc, I have 4 fans: CPU, Chassis 1, 2, and 3. I can control all of the fans, except Chassis 1. However, all of the Chassis fans are identical. So my question is, why am I unable to control fan 1? ...
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Strange and unidentified readings in SpeedFan (Almico)

Why is the AUX temperature so high in this Almico Speedfan reading?
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Fan speed still at 850 RPM at 0% speed

I have SpeedFan 4.49 installed with my goal to make my tower as silent as possible. My CPU is the Intel i5 2500k and even at 0% in SpeedFan, I still have 850 RPM. For normal office work I think this ...
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Understanding SpeedFan terminology

There has been a lot of people posting problems running Battlefield 3 with an Nvidia card, specficially the GTX 560Ti. Something doesn't sound right - if it really was a driver problem, then I would ...
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IPMITOOL commands on dell 12th generation controlling the fans

Would be possible to control a particular fan speed in a dell chassis 12th generation? I cannot figure how to do it, just all at once, but let's say I need to lower or increase the Fan5 speed, how do ...
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Unable to change fan speed on Acer laptop

My laptop is Acer Swift SFX14-41G, which can use combination Fn+F to change fan speed. But after I reinstall Windows 10 from Microsoft (not use reset this PC) I am unable to change the fan speed. So ...
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is the speed of the second fan normal?

I am using SpeedFan to see the fan speed. My laptop is HP Pavilion - 14-ce3009ne. The speed of the second fan does not look normal. it does not exceed 100 rpm. If this normal?
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CPU fan spins crazy all the time (CPU temp is 35 °C)

I have a Toshiba Satellite u300 (old) laptop. As soon as I turn it on, its fan is going full blown all the time regardless of CPU usage. It's very strange and uncomfortable because of its noise. I ...
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How to measure/interpret temperature of computer and what should it be at?

I have installed SpeedFan but don't fully understand how to use it. Here is a read out of what I get... I'm guessing the fire icon means the unit is too hot? It's unfortunate the CPU heat sink was ...
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Uncontrollable CPU Fan in Ubuntu and UEFI firmware

The speed of my CPU fan it's out of control, going to the fastest speed and lowest without any reason. I have tried the following without success: Changing fan speed in UEFI settings and setting ...
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Fans not working on Asus X555LJ

as of yesterday or so my laptop's fans stopped working with no apparent reason. This is what appears on SpeedFan: Open Hardware Monitor: I also have an error on SpeedFan that I don't know the ...
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Is it possible to override fan control settings directly through REGEDIT?

I have a Dell Latitude e6420 and the fan noise is driving me crazy. I took the entire fan assembly apart and it is clean as a whistle, but still making obnoxiously loud noise regularly. I believe ...
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New laptop fan won't compensate for heat increase

I recently replaced my laptop fan because it was rattling, but the new fan does not seem to accelerate when I'm in game or doing any other power hungry tasks. My laptop is a MSI GE60. This makes the ...
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How can I make my computer fans less noisey

I got this PC from overclockers: "Titan Envy M DC" Intel Core i7 4790K @ 4.4GHz Overclocked Nvidia GeForce Gaming PC MSI GeForce GTX 760 OC Gaming Edition 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card ...
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How to spin up the fan on hp presario cq without disabling the keyboard and mousepad?

This is the model of the laptop - cq56-120sq Currently the only way for me to max out the fan to 100% is partially running the bios update obtainable from the hp support page - unfortunately this ...
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SpeedFan keeps my computer from hibernating

I want to do a batch script that will hibernate my PC everyday at 2AM. The script itself is working but the thing is that SpeedFan, a fan speed controller software keeps my computer from hibernating. ...
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Control fans speed relative to higher temperature

Hi guys:)I want to control my fans' speed relative to the higher temperature that a component has in the pc.Is it possible to do?Is it a good idea?
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Macbook Mid2014 El Capitan Fan stop working from time to time?

I did a fresh installation with thumb drive. The fan works fine on restart, but suddenly stops after a while. I tried resetting SCM but not working. I also tried to use scmFanControl, not working as ...
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How can I set the laptop fan speed to 100% manually?

I would like to know if there is a way to set my laptop fan speed to 100%. I want something that I can assign a key to, so when I press combination of keys my fan speed will boost to 100% and pressing ...
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Odd fan speed show in Speedfan

I just made some maintenance to my computer. The fans were replaced. When I check the temperature with Speedfan, there is an odd fan speed showing up. Should I check the fan? Or it is a bad ...
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Speedfan not showing all harddrives' smart data

I installed speedfan and used it to look at my HDDs' smart data. All 5 of my drives appeared without issue. However, I have now added an additional 2 SATA HDDs to my existing (already in use) SATA ...
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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 turns off and on while doing nothing

So I brought a laptop couple of months ago. And it was functioning fine. however, I noticed the fan just got a little bit louder. Basically you can hear it in a quite room, when I first bought I ...
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