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    W3J: Control fan?

    Discussion in 'Asus' started by arthurlee04, Sep 4, 2006.

  1. arthurlee04

    arthurlee04 Notebook Enthusiast

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    Hi

    Does anyone know a way to control the fan on the W3J? I tried Speedfan but it doesnt work. It doesnt show fan control options.
     
    arthurlee04, Sep 4, 2006
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    ClearSkies Well no, I'm still here..

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    Speedfan doesn't detect the motherboard of the W3; no other options are out there that anyone has posted here.

    The fan is set and controlled by the BIOS, and is not end-user accessible. You have to learn to live with the fan speed and temp settings, unfortunately :rolleyes:.
     
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    man even lg's lappy's have fan control..dell has i8kfangui..strange that asus hasn't released anything yet..simple settings like cool..average..and quiet would be good (fan settings would be high-medium-low with an option to set it to a temperature or just to keep it on)
     
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    Darrick, Sep 4, 2006
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    yeah i've had everest for a while now..guess its a no go
     
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    ****... i wish there is one. cause im stuck at 57 - 58 deg on idle. id be a bit... relieved if it were around the 50s.

    you know.. i do wish asus had a fan control thing. and also a nice docking station like the hp expansion base. come on asus do somethin about it!!! =P
     
    arthurlee04, Sep 5, 2006
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  7. Darrick

    Darrick Notebook Deity NBR Reviewer

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    arthur: might wanna try getting a laptop cooling base .... also undervolting helps a bit (although not at the lowest multipliers since Yonah is locked at 0.95v, but the higher multipliers can be lowered by quite a bit, and reduce heat there)
     
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    occasionally my fan stays on allowing temps to max at 49..but sometimes they stay off rising to the 70s..and no i wasn't using speedfan
     
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    well.. i am actually lookin for a notebook cooler. i was thinkin the vantec 3 or titan one. as for undervolting, it kinda sounds... tweakish. what i mean is.. its kinda new to me. not on a desktop. i fool around my desktop a lot.. but whne i see my notebook it just seems its so fragile u know?
     
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  10. Darrick

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    Arthur: Undervolting has no real disadvantages (haven't heard of any "accidents" involving undervolting - overvolting yes, but not undervolting, just have to do it right and run some extensive tests.), but again , your choice, hopefully the notebook cooler will help...
     
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  11. YakiSOBA

    YakiSOBA Notebook Geek

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    what key do i hold down when booting the notebook to get into the bios settings?
     
    YakiSOBA, Sep 6, 2006
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  12. Aryding

    Aryding Notebook Consultant

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    The Delete key, not backspace. F2 might even work.
     
    Aryding, Sep 6, 2006
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    It's F2 on ASUS machines
     
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  14. YakiSOBA

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    got it thanks, f1 or f2 did the trick for me (was pressing both)

    formatting now =)
     
    YakiSOBA, Sep 6, 2006
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