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    m5550 fan

    Discussion in 'Alienware' started by xaviervanguard, Jun 25, 2008.

  1. xaviervanguard

    xaviervanguard Newbie

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    Has anyone managed to control there fan on the M5550 at all?

    I need to upgrade my video card and I want to make my fan on all the time.
    Any help would be appreciated.

    Thank You
     
    xaviervanguard, Jun 25, 2008
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  2. AtolSammeek

    AtolSammeek Tokay Gecko

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    Most M5550 Fan tend to work ok. The safest grapics card is a Geforce go 7600 256mb. It runs at 70c. I heard other cards could work. But there need to be a upgrade to the Power strip and more airflow.
     
    AtolSammeek, Jun 26, 2008
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    Stone825 Notebook Virtuoso

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    Yea the only problem with the M5550 is that there is not a very good way to control the fan. There was a user here (maybe atol) who came up with a batch file that made the fan run a lot more.

    A problem you could run into is that the laptop could overheat like mine did which would be very unfortunate.

    (By the way I'm at film camp for 3 weeks so I will be a little absent from the forums for a little while).
     
    Stone825, Jun 26, 2008
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    xaviervanguard Newbie

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    Just hard to find the 7600go. I had spoken to an alienware rep and says they are offering the 1800x for the m5550 and all I had to do was put it in with thermal pads and paste. Now I know this card runs alot more heat which is why I have been trying to find a way either with a fan script of some kind or a way to solder my fan power directly to the usb port to have it always on. Now I have also ordered an zalman ZM-NC2000 notebook cooler to help. Im trying to be as proactive as I can though.

    Thanks for the quick response guys.
     
    xaviervanguard, Jun 26, 2008
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