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    W3V, constant running fan

    Discussion in 'Asus' started by p_oesterballe, Jan 3, 2006.

  1. p_oesterballe

    p_oesterballe Newbie

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    Hi

    I recently bought myself an Asus W3V, because i needed a faster more versatile laptop. I'm pretty satisfied with my purchase so fare, but one thing is anoying me: the constant running fan.

    From the moment i turn on my laptop the fan is running. It's not loud but quite audible and when the CPU heat reaches above 50 C it's get very audible. I get this running applications as Word and Firefox which shouldn't be that CPU heavy and therefore heatgenerating.

    :noisyfan:

    I read about the heating issues in the reviews on this site and i've read about CHC (or NHC as its now called) which i installed, but that doesnt effect the fan at all.
    I also installed the most recent BIOS update and i speculate that the problem might come from this... since i can't remeber being anoyed by the fan a couple of weeks ago. Might be my imagination though :).

    I hope you can help me out.

    /Pete
     
    p_oesterballe, Jan 3, 2006
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  2. skywalker

    skywalker Business Notebook FTW!!

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    Try Speed Fan, it can adjust your cpu fan automatically and it should compatible with Asus notebook.
     
    skywalker, Jan 3, 2006
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  3. p_oesterballe

    p_oesterballe Newbie

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    I tried Speed Fan, but that doesnt give access to any manual fan control on my W3V. I also tried underclocking via NHC with the following settings:

    6x at 0.732
    8x at 0.780
    10x at 0.844
    12x at 0.940
    14x at 1.084

    but my temprature newer gets below 48/49 degrees
     
    p_oesterballe, Jan 3, 2006
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