Asus g1 and speedfan

Hi! I've pretty recently just gotten my Asus g1 and I'm using speedfan, as well. Does anyone know what each sensor reading correlates with in the hardware?

 

If you really want a better solution for monitoring temps for your notebook read this:
http://forum.notebookreview.com/showthread.php?t=81852

It covers it all.

Notebook Hardware Control:
- CPU & HDD temps, CPU voltage

RivaTuner:
- GPU (videocard) temps

 

does anyone know if speedfan (or something else) can actually control the fan for the G1?

The Asus G2 Speedfan thread

 

I can vouch for speedfan actually controlling the fan for the G1. NHC does not control the fan as of yet.

and no I don't know the other temps (remote2, or temp1). I have since switched to nhc so I can undervolt and don't use speedfan much anymore; as nhc allows me to undervolt and speedfan does not.

 

Thanks for the reply. That's great news!

What kind of range does the fan support? Is it just in steps, or does it have variable control (e.g. are there a fixed number of speeds, or can you set to any speed you want within its range)

1 last question, . How hot does it get if you turn the fan off and leave it idle (Nvidia powerplay and NHC set to minimum). My old dell couldn't run safely passive (temps went beyond 70degrees after 10-15 minutes of idle).

So when you get a change I'd rly appreciate if you could check how hot it gets if you force the fan off. (don't make it go past 70 degrees though )

My ideal laptop would run either passive or allow me to set it to something really quiet like 1,000rpm and still be cool at idle.

Thanks!

 

clone, sorry I don't think it would be wise to turn off the fan as the hdd and wireless will get extremely hot. The vents over the fan, and ram are taped up so that air is sucked in through the vents over the wireless and the one below the hdd to keep them cool. I tired turning off the fan and those two got hot very quick.

To answer your question about the stepping it is in increments of percentage. You can do from 1 to 100 percent I believe, you can keep the fan at a minimum percentage no matter the temps, and you can set temp ranges you want to keep the processor or whatever else is monitored. So if the temp you want to be at is passed the fans will kick in gradually (depending on stepping) or turn off gradually if the temp is lower than what you set.

So I do not recommend running passive, as the fan cools more than just the cpu and gpu. at 50% (2500 rpm) I can bearly hear it. The max fan speed is just over 5000 rpm and that is quite loud but cools the whole laptop very well. I usually just let the cpu control it now, as speedfan and NHC seem to get along alright, but I prefer to run one or the other, and right now it's NHC.

Hope that helps, if you need anymore info feel free to ask.

 

Thanks so much, It's very difficult to get this kind of info before buying (especially when no local stores have asus on display!)

I'm probably gonna configure a custom profile. My dell was 2,400rpm which was smooth but audible when I slept near it.

I'm fairly certain it can run safely at 1,500rpm (with everything downclocked and downvolted), I'll probably configure target zones with speedfan - so that as soon as it reaches X temp the fan will kick into higher gear.

I actually had 2 more questions - what's the minimum rpm the fan will do?

Secondly, do you have the 1680 or 1280 screen? Comments? I was thinking of getting the 1280 to be easier on the eyes but I'm wondering maybe it's an older technology. If you know anything about this please share!

Thanx again, you've been a gr8 help

 

Just one more thing: the current version of NHC is not Vista compatible. According to the author maybe next week we he'll release a Vista compatible version.

Cloneman: with nhc has the possibility of using temperature target zones. In my A8Js I have 6 target zones, although most of the times I use just the first 2.

 

clone
I would think that you could set the minimum fan speed to 1% if you so chose. I don't have my notebook on hand so I can't test for you right now as I'm at work. And i have the 1680 x 1050 screen. It's totally screaming so far, and I thought it would be hard on the eyes when I set to max res also but when I used a lower res it just seemed to cramped, so I upped it back up. If the small fonts bug ya, you could always increase dpi's I believe. That will increase general windows fonts.

And as of right now the acpi functionality is a no go for the G1 so I can't use nhc to control my temp zones or fan speeds. I have to use speedfan for that until someone creates an acpi for the G1. Then I would have no use at all for speedfan anymore. I guess I could try to make my own but between work and school I don't have the time to take a stab at the moment. nhc in their help does tell you how to get started in making an acpi though, just so people know.

And I'm glad i could help clone. And I'll get back to you on the minimum rpm's when I get home later today.

 

thanks. Though I doubt the fan will start at 1% lol.

 

Yeah I just tried lol. I'm not sure what the percentage is for it to start spinning. I'm to lazy right now to test. But yeah speedfan should do what you need, and you could probably get rmclock to undervolt. I think those two together use less resources the nhc. I'm thinking of going that route anyway.

out of curiosity I decided to test really quick. Looks like the lowest percentage you can go and still have the fan spin is 35% @ 2039 rpm's. And right now the hdd is louder than the fan is.

 

How does one actually -USE- speedfan to change the fan speeds on the G1?

 

You will have to go to the Advanced settings on speedfan and change the chipset to manual if you want to directly control the fan speeds, otherwise the processor will do it and over ride anything you set.