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    Acer Aspire Fan Always On

    Discussion in 'Acer' started by 212121, Sep 2, 2005.

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    212121 Notebook Enthusiast

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    hello!

    does anyone know if there is a way to stop the stupid fan in a aspire 1690 laptop?

    in windows or linux the fan is always working, the bios doesn't help, in the windows acer software there's an option to "fan always on" but if i turn it on or off nothing changes

    anyone knows anything about this?

    thanks!
     
    212121, Sep 2, 2005
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    Meaker@Sager Company Representative

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    If your doing intesive tasks then it needs to be. Check your temps.
     
    Meaker@Sager, Sep 2, 2005
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    Bruce Banner Notebook Evangelist

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    Mine's always on as well but it is very quiet. When I have it on max battery I can only tell that it is on by putting my ear right next to the exhaust port or by feeling for the wind. When I am doing intense work the air blown out is hot but on max battery it is a gentle, cool breeze. I do not find it to be a problem and I am kind-of reassured that there is a level of constant thermal protection for the precious innards of my laptop.
     
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    212121 Notebook Enthusiast

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    thanks for the replies

    the problem is that i just load windows with no background software, load firefox visit this website and the fan starts at max speed!!! errrr i hate this

    tomorow i will take the computer to the shop where i got it

    does anyone know what i can do? the bios sucks!!! there are no options, now i tried to use cpu-z and it says that my cpu core speed is 798mhz why ???

    thanks
     
    212121, Sep 4, 2005
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    212121 Notebook Enthusiast

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    also notice that i have a acer aspire 1694wlmi that means, 2.0ghz 1000mb and radeon x700 128mb
     
    212121, Sep 4, 2005
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    I have the same machine and had the same problem. The acer aspire 1694 makes a lot of noise because of the fan on the ATI card, not the CPU. It is necessary to lower the speed of the ATI card to get rid of the noise. This can be done in the advanced settings for the graphics card, but ofcourse, this necessarily lowers performance.

    However, you may want to play around with ATItools from http://www.techpowerup.com/atitool/ This tool has hotkeys and ability to detect OpenGL / Direct3D use. That way, the ATI power is cranked up only when you need it, during games for instance.

    For reference, the ATI RADEON X700 at the powerplay setting "optimal battery life" will have a core speed of 104.63 and memory speed of 119.81
     
    jimbo2000, Oct 22, 2006
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