HP 6930p fan control

Does anyone know how to control the fan on the HP6930P?

I disabled "fan always on AC" in the bios.

The fan is always on. It doesn't disturb at the lowest level, but it ramps up every 5 mins or so for 2 or 3 seconds. I find that ramping up disturbing and would like to disable it. Considering how cool the air coming out is compared to laptops I have had in the past (Thinkpads and Toshiba) I would say HP is being conservative with their settings.

Is there a program or some bios setting?

Thanks.

 

As far as i know the fan is not software controllable.

If the air is cool but the fan keeps running at high speed i think you should check the temperatures, maybe the cooler is not seated properly. Both of my notebooks push out warm air, and the dv9000 rarely goes higher than minimum speed on the fan, it runs soooo quiet.

 

The air is warmish... a bit like breathing on your hand. Its wierd. Its the coolest air out of any laptop I have owned. My other laptops all sat there silently, or near silently and pushed out noticably warm air as needed.

I think I might get a notebook cooler... oh there is a thread for that here as well!

EDIT: Propping the back of the machine up with the edge of book, being careful not to cover any vents also works a treat! The improved airflow means the fan hasn't ramped up from its lowest level for hours! Free and fab!