M17x-R3 Fan Noise

Hey all, i currently love my R3 but there is one thing that is bugging me.

i noticed it yesterday after finishing a gaming session. The laptop will just go back and forth between fans on and fans off. The fans go about 2700-3000rpm for about 10 seconds, then quiet for 10...rinse and repeat. i live in a quiet area so this is pretty annoying.

im aware i can control fan speeds with programs like hwinfo but what settings would be safe while ensuring a quiet experience when the laptop is idle or i am just browsing the internet? Any advice would be great, thanks!

 

Agent Blue, the only way to know for sure is to experiment. You'll have to monitor your temps while keeping your fans as low as possible with HWINFO to avoid noise. While you are gaming, don't you have the volume on? When i have my headphones on, i can't even hear the fans

 

the problem i was describing wasnt during gaming, it was afterwards and i was just doing light tasks such as web browsing. The fans are just fine during gaming but when i am finished i expect them to be idling silently...not throttling back and forth between low and med intensity

 

Hey there Agent CoolBlue,

I had the same issue and it is very annoying. A thermal re-paste for the CPU and re-seating the HeatSinks will fix the issue. While your there you can also do the GPU.
Also check to see if when the fan noise increases that the CPU is in turbo mode and under some load? Mine kept on going up down up down for some reason. Very annoying to say the least. After I reseated my Heatsink and repasted it was fixed though.
I would also check to see if the fans continue to do the same thing after you restart the machine.

Cheers.

 

Even while during light tasks you can still force certain RPMS with HWINFO.

It sounds like your temps are right on the border of of the next fan level. I get that fan spinning up and down sometimes when the back of my laptop isn't elevated. Elevating the back will drop your temps ~7c so it might keep your fans from spinning up. And like reborn mentioned, a repaste will also help to keep your temps down...all this in an effort to not have your fans spinup.

 

Hi Slick, elevating the laptop didn't really do anything...still getting that annoying back and forth with the fan.

I think I am going to try and force the RPMs when I idle.

What would be a good idle temp to stay around at?

 

The CPU fan starts up at 56C, so if your CPU temperature stays lower than that - which it should most of the time - then the CPU fan goes off completely. Once CPU cools down to 47C the CPU fan goes off.