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    Increase Fan Usage

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by Vitor711, Oct 6, 2013.

  1. Vitor711

    Vitor711 Notebook Evangelist

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    So, I tried a basic OC with MSi and increased my core clock by 135 and my memory by 400.

    Performance boost was about 15/20% on the Tomb Raider benchmark which meant I could finally keep it at around 30FPS for the first time on ultra (with FXAA instead of SMAA though).

    However, during the benchmark my GPU temps went as high as 86 but the fan didn't seem to kick in at all - it sounded the same as always. Is something wrong here? Any way to manually set the fan to ramp up sooner?
     
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    Ah, well I feel a bit silly.

    Found this online: How To: Adjust your Fan-Curve in MSI Afterburner

    Guessing that would work? I noticed that the fan speed section was greyed out on the front bit of MSi but had no idea there was a dedicated fan tab. Might try that later unless people have alternate suggestions.

    EDIT: I don't seem to have a 'Fan' tab in my msi - now I'm confused.
     
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    Others can correct me if I'm wrong, but most laptops don't have software-adjustable fan curves. If any adjustment is possible it would have to be made in the BIOS.
     
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    Yeah,I'm finding that out much to my disappointment. Might end up dropping some cash on an aluminium cooling pad.
     
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    86C isnt great but it's not horrible for an OC'd card either.

    Download HWInfo64 and start up it's sensor page. With many laptops you can monitor the fan RPMs. This wont help you change any fan settings, but you can take a look at it and figure out if its functioning properly and ramping up the fan speed when necessary or not.
     
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    I agree, 86C is not terrible for an overclocked 680M, especially if ambient temperatures aren't very low. You could always repaste as well since Clevos are easy to take apart. If there is a poor factory paste job, which is common for most laptops, repasting could definitely lower your temps by some.
     
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    Yeah, I'm thinking about doing that as I'd previously bought some arctic silver for my old laptop and never got around to doing so.

    The temps do seem a little high for my liking, although still lower than my old stock clock 285m.

    I also noticed that there was a small gap between the fan and the heatsink - is it likely that some heating is disappearing there and heating up the components or is that fairly normal? It's like two credit cards wide.
     
    Vitor711, Oct 8, 2013
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