DV6 Owners - Can you adjust system fan speed with MSI Afterburner?

Just a poll to see if DV6 owners can adjust their system fan speed with MSI Afterburner? The reason I ask because some users can and some can't that I've read, but here at least we'll know if it's a select few or a larger percentage and maybe find a way to fix it!?

Download MSI Afterburner here: http://event.msi.com/vga/afterburner/download.htm
Download GPU-Z here: http://www.techpowerup.com/downloads/SysInfo/GPU-Z/

DV6z owners will have to open some program prior to MSI Afterburner and set it to "High Performance" with the Switchable Graphics window before trying to adjust anything with MSI Afterburner or it will lock up. GPU-Z is a good option because it gives you the chance to confirm your clock changes. Just make sure you select the proper GPU from the pull-down menu at the bottom.

Also, not sure if required, but to overclock and possibly affect fan control, you will have to edit the MSIAfterburner.cfg file in your MSI Afterburner directory and set the following two parameters:

Code:

UnofficialOverclockingEULA	= I confirm that I am aware of unofficial overclocking limitations and fully understand that MSI will not provide me any support on it
UnofficialOverclockingMode	= 1

You will have to save the config file elsewhere, then copy and paste it back into your program files (x86) \ MSI Afterburner directory to circumvent UAC from letting you write back to the file.

Once you open Afterburner you should be able to adjust clocks and fan control. Deselect "auto" and manually move the slider to 100% then click apply and see if your fan speeds up to max.

Thanks.

 

If anyone cares I can't adjust my Envy 17's fan speed

 

Hmm, I should add DV7 too, because probably same setup.

 

In 'Afterburner' on the dv6t the fan speed slider is adjustable, but it has no effect on the fan speed.

AFAIK, there is no sensor for the fan as no application I have tried reports the fan speed (Speedfan, Rivatuner, Atitool, GPU-Z).

 

Yea the fan speed controls are bios locked by HP unfortunatly. Now if we had some sort of custom bios, that would be sweet lol

 

It doesn't really make sense for you to be able change the fan speed through Afterburner. The CPU and GPU are connected to the same fan and heat sink assembly. If you were controlling it strictly for the GPU, you could easily burn either the GPU or the CPU out.

Btw, the 30% isn't accurate since it clearly changes speed throughout usage.

 

At least a couple users have claimed that changing the slider changes their fan speed. I can see it working though because if it monitors both CPU and GPU, if the GPU says needs more cooling, then it can increase fan speed. It defaults to the highest temperature.

 

Claiming is much different from it actually working.

Forcing a fan to spin a certain speed isn't very practical. If you force it to spin at 50%, your GPU and CPU will overheat in intense graphical applications or also intense CPU applications.

Basically, the 30% doesn't mean anything since the fan is not spinning at 30% of its full RPM at all times.

If you leave it at 100%, your fan bearings will wear out much much faster.

 

Not if that fan speed is considered a minimum and it increases it if needed. I don't see it that far fetched, but then again who knows. Running at full speed would wear it out much faster, but not that much faster, I'm sure it'd still last a couple years like that. And if someone is stupid enough to leave their fan on at 100% all the time that's their problem.

 

Gonna concur with mike

I think the people who say their fan speed is adjustable, don't realize that although the slider moves, it doesn't actually do anything.

 

I have to concur. I tend to think that anyone who says that Afterburner changes the fan speed on a current model dv6/dv7 is a few bits short of a byte.

 

As i said, it's locked.