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    SpeedFan Problem

    Discussion in 'Asus' started by Ravage, Jun 3, 2008.

  1. Ravage

    Ravage Notebook Guru

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    Hi,

    I have to Asus M50sv-a1 and I can't change the fan speed using Speedfan... The program doesn't seem to find any fan for the laptop...

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    Ravage, Jun 3, 2008
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  2. AlexF

    AlexF Notebook Deity

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    Doesn't see anything on my V1J either. It's probably a chipset-controlled mechanism which can't be changed directly.
     
    AlexF, Jun 3, 2008
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  3. ClearSkies

    ClearSkies Well no, I'm still here..

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    Speedfan doesn't recognize the majority of Asus notebook motherboards, and on top of that it tends to mess with the ACPI controls and turn off the BIOS' own fan control - I'd advise you uninstall it.

    For fan control, you have to try something else. NHC will work, but there may not be an ACPI profile yet for the M5x series because it's new.
     
    ClearSkies, Jun 4, 2008
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  4. Hank

    Hank Notebook Enthusiast

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    i installed NHC and get an error when running it

    error
    Invalid Argument=Value of -3 blah blah
    Parameter name Select index

    tried several locations to dl from same result tho
     
    Hank, Jun 7, 2008
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