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    Fan control for Dell Inspirion n5010

    Discussion in 'Dell' started by Halfpipe17, Jul 6, 2010.

  1. Halfpipe17

    Halfpipe17 Newbie

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    hey guys i just got this this week and its great. I would like to play video games on it but from previous experiences i know that laptops heat up way too much. I want to look into a fan control/temperature control program for this, i've tried using SpeedFan but it doesnt seem to work as the fans arent showing up in the program.

    Suggestions? please and thanks
     
    Halfpipe17, Jul 6, 2010
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  2. missemss

    missemss Newbie

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    Does someone knows what's the difference between the processors:

    dell inspirion n5010 - aluminium with i5 460M 2.4GHz (this one is with RAM 4GB)
    and
    dell ................................... with i5 460M 2.8GHz (this one is with RAM 3GB)
    it doesn't make any sense?
     
    missemss, Feb 4, 2011
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  3. dandv

    dandv Notebook Consultant

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    Use i8kfangui. Beware that it won't work out of the box on Windows 7 because the fan driver isn't signed, but there is information on its forum on how to get it to work.

    UPDATE: I disabled the driver signature check, installed i8kfangui, but when I launched it, I got a blue screen.

    See also my post http://forum.notebookreview.com/del...pins-up-without-reason-every-few-minutes.html.
     
    dandv, Feb 4, 2011
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