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    Messing with fan voltages to get more airflow

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by nick_danger, May 10, 2006.

  1. nick_danger

    nick_danger Notebook Consultant

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    Has anyone here modified their internal notebook fans to spin faster? I recently overclocked my 7800GO and it is heating up quite a bit - still well within operating tolerance - but I would like a cooler system regardless. Fan noise isn't that big of a deal to me... is there a good method to speeding up the RPMs on these fans?
     
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    qwester Notebook Virtuoso

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    did you try some software control like speedfan: http://www.almico.com/speedfan.php

    I wouldn't really advise doing hardware mods if you are not 100% sure of the internal circuitry, you might end up frying stuff. :)
     
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    jujube Notebook Deity

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    Oh yeah... duh, SpeedFan. I used that on my old PC. I'll give that a shot, thanks. I'll look into i8Kfan if SpeedFan doesn't do what I want...
     
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