Z70Va/M6V ultra quiet guide!

I find it a bit annoying that the fans are constantly on when connected to a AC outlet and I've tried numerous methods of getting the fans to be more quiet. :noisyfan:
I now have a stable temperature about 43-46 celsius (around 109 fahrenheit) with the fans rpm at 1346..
This result came after som testing, and here's the final conclusion:

You will need Notebook Hardware Control http://www.pbus-167.com/chc.htm#anchor_download and SpeedFan 4.27 http://www.almico.com/speedfan.php.

1)
Notebook Hardware Control is almost the same as RM Clock, but in a way simpler. Just install it (and deactivate any other power saving software just like RM Clock or Asus Power4Gear). All you have to do here is enable dynamic switching and undervolt CPU, which is very effective (you can undervolt in when on 800Mhz from original 0.9V to 0.764V and its still stable), if you like to undervolt it in other modes, you can do so, but you have to run some test to find out if your setting is stable enough (for example I have my CPU undervolted even when on 2Ghz, and its stable on 1.180V). And that’s all on CHC... to explain it in every detail would be too long, so I count on your ability to work with such a tools...

2) Removed due to inaccurate information.. thanks deim23

3)
Setting SpeedFan ... run SpeedFan and go press configure then Advanced and select chip ADT746 there you can see some useful settings ... Now, change the PWM1 and PWM2 mode to Manually Controlled and press "remember it" on both. Now you can manually change FAN speeds in the SpeedFan main window. Now go to Temperature tab, uncheck Local and open all of the checked ones. Now uncheck subsettings (speed1 and speed2) on every checkers, the only two of them to be checked are Speed1 under CPU and Speed2 under Remote 2. Now click on CPU and set the desired and warning temperatures (my setting is 70 for desired and 95 for warning, which looks too high, but you will se why in next few moments). Do the same thing with Remote2 (my setting for this one is 85 desired and 97 warning). Now go to tab Fans and uncheck Fan 3 and Fan4. Now go to Speeds tab and uncheck speed3. For Speed1 set minimum value 35% and for speed2 set minimum value 30%. Don’t forget to check "Automatically varied" on both Speed1 and Speed2. The maximum values depends only on how good is your hearing ... I mean if you are willing to listen do 4000rpm, then set 100% for both, but my setting is 65% for speed1 and 55% for speed2.

4)
The final touch ... close configuration and go to the main SpeedFan window, if your fans are now going on 100% and are absolutely loud, don’t worry! The final touch is checking "Automatic fan speed" option in main window above the temperature readings. Fan speeds of your GPU and CPU fan should decrease after 2 or 3 seconds.

Explanation: Now we have that cool and quiet notebook that we all wanted to have. What have changed? Now after you start windows you can hear the fans running really fast, but after the SpeedFan pops up it will decrease. Fans are now running on about 1000rpm even on idle, 1000rpm cant be heard by human ears, when you start some game or any other application that needs full power CHC will clock CPU back to 2Ghz and you can put up ATI x700 on full speed through ATI powerplay in ati control panel or control center, there will be more heat and SpeedFan running on background will detect it and it will start fans depending on your desired temperature and on your maximum fan speeds. BUT thanks to those 1000rpm on idle, it will take more time to produce such a heat. And to finish things up, after you stop your game or whatever, the temperature will decrease really fast, because CPU will be underclocked and undervolted and as a result, SpeedFan will put back those unhearable 1000rpm. And now I am getting to those high desired temperatures of mine. It is so high because those are operational temperatures of CPU and GPU, it’s the edge where you need active cooling, and why I have set it this way? Because when the temperature drops down from these values it means it wont be going up, so those 1000rpms are enough to cool it down when you are just browsing or writing text after you stopped playing game or whatever. For example my idle temperatures are 40 to 45C on the CPU and 55 to 60 on GPU. Of course, after you stop playing the fans will be running go few second loud, but just for a few seconds and when they get to low rpm, both CPU a GPU will be hotter than that temperatures of mine, but wait few minutes and you will see same temperatures....

Enjoy! :asus:

 

Funny, I didn't mod mine or install any special fan controller on mine but it's always quiet. Actually i lied. I installed CHC once but it won't let me change the fan speed. When it actually did, there was no different! o_0. Is mine busted? But it's quiet and cool.. You can only hear the fan 2 sec after start up and never again after that, even after 4 hrs of World Of Warcraft. Maybe my house is cold x_X

 

even in AC mode?? strange, when in AC mode my notebook's fan is on constantly.. i couldn't have it on during the night because it kept me awake with all the noise!

 

The GPU fan does stay on for a long time, almost constantly, but it's not loud enough to keep you up at night. It's just a nice soothing wheezing sound

Cheers,
Mike

 

Do you have the latest BIOS installed? That might help with fan noise...
otherwise, CHC/NHC and Speedfan do a good job.

:asus:

 

I tried setting my speedfan to be constantly on at 35%, and automatically step up to 100% when needed, but it won't step up properly. In fact, when i set everything to auto...It goes up to 100% and stays there, even if i'm running well below my threshold (e.g. running 42C on CPU with desired 57C)

Could you go over the parts of setup in speedfan that sets the autostepup and minimum fan speeds?

p.s. when you set maximum to 65% and 55%, i'm surprised you don't burn something when you play games... My fans go on to 80-90% when i'm playing CS source..and i still hit 90C on my GPU and 70C on my cpu

 

You can set your maximum to higher values if you need to, this was just for my use..
I use my other pc for gaming!

Here's an walkthrough of the setup for Speedfan, and if you do it exactly like this, it will work!

Part 1:

3)
1:Run SpeedFan and go press configure then Advanced and select chip ADT746 there you can see some useful settings ...
Now, change the PWM1 and PWM2 mode to Manually Controlled and press "remember it" on both.

Now you can manually change FAN speeds in the SpeedFan main window.

2:Now go to Temperature tab, uncheck Local and open all of the checked ones.
Now uncheck subsettings (speed1 and speed2) on every checkers,
the only two of them to be checked are Speed1 under CPU and Speed2 under Remote 2.


3:Now click on CPU and set the desired and warning temperatures
(my setting is 70 for desired and 85 for warning, which looks too high, but you will se why in next few moments).

Do the same thing with Remote2 (my setting for this one is 85 desired and 95 warning).

 

Part 2:

4:Now go to tab Fans and uncheck Fan 3 and Fan4.


5:Now go to Speeds tab and uncheck speed3. For Speed1 set minimum value 35% and for speed2 set minimum value 30%.

Don’t forget to check "Automatically varied" on both Speed1 and Speed2. The maximum values depends only on how good is your hearing ... I mean if you are willing to listen do 4000rpm, then set 100% for both, but my setting is 65% for speed1 and 55% for speed2.

4)
The final touch ... close configuration and go to the main SpeedFan window, if your fans are now going on 100% and are absolutely loud, don’t worry! The final touch is checking "Automatic fan speed" option in main window above the temperature readings. Fan speeds of your GPU and CPU fan should decrease after 2 or 3 seconds.


So there it is.. If it doesn't work now, try restarting the program.. Does this work for you? cheers

 

thanks for your help, you did excellent job!!

 

what is temp1? and also, wouldnt this impact battery life with the fans always being on and stuff?

 

temp1 is just a common name for a sensor reading a temperature inside the notebook.
What exactly the sensor is monitoring is different from NB to NB.. But in this particular case it has about the same temperature as the CPU sensor, so maybe it is in that area on the NB.. About the battery life; this method shouldn't decrease your battery life at all. First of all you have tuned the core voltage down when in "idle" mode, this makes your NB not needing so much power, therefore it needs less power than average... Then you have your fan, it stays on constantly at about 1200 RPM, this doesn't take much power to run, certainly not more than when your fan is powered by Powergear4.. Powergear4 spins your fan up to high speeds, which takes a lot of power to cool the cpu down to "normal" temps again and this goes on for a little while, instead of keeping it cool at about 41C with the fans going at 1200 RPM like this method will..

 

Can i Uninstall EVEREST after i finish the above guide?

I dont like all these extra programs running in taks bar tbh

EDIT: good guide BTW
and that anoying popup :/

 

Beautiful, worked perfectly!

And did not need everest as the new speed fan sensed the remote.

Oh, do I have to start speedfan manually at each startup?

 

Your right, will update my guide now.. thanks!
And speedfan starts up automatically with windows...

 

I know this is an old thread, but I had a question about the fans at startup.

I've had everything running great with Speedfan and NHC for the past year, but I was wondering if there was any way to keep the fans from going full blast at startup. The fans go full speed at 100% for a couple seconds, and then go down to about 30-35%, but I was wondering if I could keep them at 30%-35% at startup.

It's just a little embarassing when you sit in class and the fans go all crazy at startup in a quiet room. Everyone turns around.

 

Wow i wish this was posted a long long time ago. I just did a reformat and fresh install of windows and found this. Now have my computer running idle between 44-47C my computer has never idled less then 60ish. been installing programs all day and max temp ive seen is 60C awesome job on this. However i set my max fan speed to 100% as well seeing as if my comptuer ever needed 100% fans i wouldnt want to restrict it.

Hey i changed my voltage values for all my multipliers and seems to run stable at lower voltages. Do you know or can anyone post optimal voltages for 8X through 15X i havea 2g processor.

 

Have an important question though. How do i get speedfan to load on startup. Just restarted my laptop and i actually had to initiallize the program myself i didnt load on startup unlike NHC

 

If you've checked "Automatic Fan Speed" on the main screen, I think it should load at boot. If it doesn't, go Start, Run, type in "regedit", navigate to HKEY_Local_Machine\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run and then do (from the File Menu) Edit, New, String Value, in Value name type in "SpeedFan" (no quotes), hit enter, and in the Value data area type in "C:\Program Files\SpeedFan\SpeedFan.exe" (no quotes). Also, within SpeedFan, you might want to click on Configure and then find the Options tab and check the box next to "start minimized."

BTW, there is no way I've found to keep the fans from going full speed at boot. I'm not sure, but I think this is a function of the Asus BIOS, not Speedfan.