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    Asus G71GX Control Fan Speed?

    Discussion in 'Asus' started by hong314, Jul 26, 2009.

  1. hong314

    hong314 Notebook Guru

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    I was wondering if there was anyway of controlling the fan speed on the Best Buy G71GX (e.g. when the fan turns on, how fast the fan goes). If there is can someone steer me toward the program?
     
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  2. TevashSzat

    TevashSzat Notebook Deity

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    Long story short, unless you are able to write your own BIOS, then most likely no. You can check out speedfan and see if it is compatible with the G71 but the odds are that it won't.
     
    TevashSzat, Jul 26, 2009
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    speed fan was my best guess as well, but i doubt its compatible as well.
    why are you looking to control the fan speeds btw, are u doing some extreme overclocking or something?
     
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    No not really but since I don't care too much about noise, I would rather have the fan on at full blast at all times so none of the hardware dies.
     
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    The G71's temps are fine. The odds are that having the fan on at full blast will make it break sooner than having other components go out due to the extra heat from lower fan settings.
     
    TevashSzat, Jul 26, 2009
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