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    Lubbo's/any fan control bootcamp question

    Discussion in 'Apple and Mac OS X' started by Bill Nye, Aug 9, 2011.

  1. Bill Nye

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    So we all know the temperature sensors don't quite work for the new 2011 MBP 15/17s. It's trying to detect the old Nvidia GPUs which aren't there.

    My question is, under the "2 fan 1 gpu integrated", it seems to read the GPU chip just fine in a sense. However, the fans are now controlled by the CPU for the left fan, and the GPU for the right fan. The problem is, if I were to just stress the CPU (e.g. Prime95), the right fan wouldn't rev up until the heatsink itself heats up the GPU, thus tripping the thermal "limit".

    I want some kind of automatic fan scaling a la Fan Control in Mac, so lowering thermals too much (I have the upper one at 70c) or just keeping fans at 6k isn't really ideal. When I go ahead and run MATLAB, it is kind of alarming that CPU temps spike all the way up to 97-99 in default Apple management though.

    I've also tried setting SMCFancontrol settings in Mac, rebooting into Windows, but Apple's thermal management is really lackluster. Running the simple WEI assessment kicks CPUs up to 98 max before settling down at 90 (vs 92 max down to 88-90).

    Has anyone had any success with Lubbo's on the newer 2011 MBP with dedicated cards? Or any alternative tips?

    EDIT: If it matter's, I'm running ATI's latest 11.8 drivers. I actually have no idea how I managed to install it.
     
    Bill Nye, Aug 9, 2011
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