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    Second HDD overheating and questions on fan control for the R4

    Discussion in 'Alienware 17 and M17x' started by Johndill, Nov 6, 2016.

  1. Johndill

    Johndill Notebook Consultant

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    *Update* I've discovered HWiNFO64 that has answered all my questions :)

    I'm still interested to know what temps do others get in the second HDD bay?
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    Hi, I recently noticed my second HDD is idle at 54°C and reaching 60°C during games (HDD Module 1 next to GPU) which is worrying, My system is the M17x R4 and GPU load is 60°C to 65°C, what temps do others get in the second HDD bay?

    My GTX 675M idles from 50°C to 59°C then the fan starts up and drops it back to 50°C then the fan stops, I would like to set my fan to always run in idle instead of stopping at 50°C because then it would always idle way below 50°C which would be much better, something like what MSI Afterburner has but Afterburner doesn't work on our systems, are there any fan control programs that work with the M17x R4?

    I think you can set your own temp margins in the A11 unlocked bios which is what I'd like but I'm on official A13 and don't like the idea of downgrading and possibly bricking my board as I am not rich and am very lucky to even own my system and cannot replace it.
     
    Last edited: Nov 7, 2016
    Johndill, Nov 6, 2016
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