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    Asus M51vr loud fan noise

    Discussion in 'Asus' started by Smirgelis, Jan 20, 2009.

  1. Smirgelis

    Smirgelis Newbie

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    Hello everyone,
    Recently i've bought my first ant last asus laptop - M51vr. Despite other problems - this one is killing me - the fan noise is loud (for a laptop). Intel speedstep control is activated and working, ati power management is working also according to everest measurements (GPU clock ~100@idle, but this could be wrong, because everest shows 6 templates and neither of them have 100mhz gpu clock). There are no processes in windows which could consume smth all the time. The laptop is cool and blow slightly warm air. Since i migrated to windows 7 (which works OK) notebook hardware control is not working (neither vista x64 nor w7 x64). What should i do? When i had vista i tried that crappy asus software power4gear, but set to "quiet office" doesn't affect fan noise at all. BTW - why display won't turn off when i close my lid(options set to do nothing(like hibernate,sleep etc...)
     
    Smirgelis, Jan 20, 2009
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  2. David

    David NBR Random Reviewer NBR Reviewer

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    Try use I8KFanGUI and see if you can change the fan setting there.
     
    David, Jan 20, 2009
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  3. Smirgelis

    Smirgelis Newbie

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    can't install it - probably due to unsigned driver (after error windows message pops up). Tried to disable it in cmd "ddisable_integrity_checks" and rebooted, but everything remains the same.
     
    Smirgelis, Jan 20, 2009
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  4. Smirgelis

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    cmon, nobody has m51vr's and have same problem?
     
    Smirgelis, Jan 22, 2009
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    audiofelch, Jun 17, 2009
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    E.B.E. NBR Procrastinator

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    As a first step, I would suggest a reinstall of the ATK suite of drivers and applications (perhaps with updates to the most recent versions). And a BIOS update.
     
    E.B.E., Jun 21, 2009
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    franzerich Notebook Evangelist

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    You might try "Speedfan" which allows Fan-Control. It was the only way I got my Notebook silent in the past (though another model) -together with a CPU downclock tool...
    And you are right, Asus bloatware like Power4Gear etc. is the stupidest thing ever seen. Useless like a hole in the head.

    Nice to hear that Asus is still not able to implement a decent cooling solution.
     
    franzerich, Jun 21, 2009
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