SPeedfan not showing fans?

Hi,
I use NHC on my nc8430 but it keeps beeping me asking to shutdown as soon as I run two apps concurently. It tells me that the core CPU reaches 100C. I installed another app to measure the temperatures and it tells me I'm only at 72C.
So I think I will get rid off NHC but need something to lower the fan speed.

Enters SpeedFan. Problem is that in the "Fan" tab, where I'm supposed to select a fan, the list is empty.

Any clue?

Am I supposed to download anything related to my motherboard? If this is the case, how can I know which motherboard I have?

Thanks for any help.

 

Im not sure but isnt 72*C too hot, i think my (desktops) max temp is 60*C or something. Maybe something in your laptop is stopping it from getting out heat.

 

if you are using NHC please make sure that you download the core duo patch to measure temperatures correctly

 

Yes, I did. And NHC knows only 4 temperatures: 00, 45, 80 and 100. That's it.
And even when it shows 80 C it's definitely not 80 C. I can feel with my hand on the exhaust section of the fan that it's about 40-50 C max.

 

3rd party programs are known to NOT always be reliable but on my systtem the temperatures shown are correct
try reinstalling it once again maybe that would help

 

what about the BIOS? Thats how i check mine.

 

That is hot. It should be about 54

 

Measured using which utility?
NHC indicates 45 when idle, 80 when working normally, and 100 as soon as I run two apps concurrently?

Anyway, any info on downloading a SpeedFan profile for the NC8430?

 

I'm sort-of having the same problem as the original poster (only I just chucked NHC, installed Speedfan and thought "I'll RTFM later...", and didn't think it was a problem - my fans are pretty quiet so far.) - on a nw8440, which seems to be a "sister model" of nc8430.

I don't understand why people speak so highly of NHC, perhaps it is good for undervolting and such? I tired of it telling me my my cpu was "overheating" (over 80) when the 3 temps it thought of as cpu showed something like high-50, 65 and 76 degrees. It also didn't recognise my HD at all.

Speedfan is much more precise, but doesn't look as pretty.

The orginal problem, Speedfan not finding any fans: I have a feeling that I saw some comment or tip about that on a faq-page at the authors site. But I didn't investigate further (yet).

BTW, on my old nc4000 Speedfan reports 2 fans, but no values for them. Investigating that is actually higher on my list - I'm not quite convinced it has 2 fans, and I think I actually broke one of them with compressed air a few weeks ago.

Anyone have any tips or hints (except for RTFM...) on identifying which temp is which? Or any other "hardware control for idiots" websites?

 

my manual says that the max temp is 60*C but it usually runs at only about 29-35*C

 

Actually, I don't *know* this, am not an expert, hobbyist, modder or any kind of hardware freak, but I have the impression that notebook parts are at least slightly more tolerant of higher temps than random desktop parts.
I mean, they would *have to* be, wouldn't they? Or we'd hear a lot about randomly fried laptops from when people move a very dusty machine onto their laps or beds or something and accidentally obstruct the airflow...

Fact is: my old nc4000 before I finally (superficially) cleaned it a few weeks ago showed temperatures of around 60-80 (except for the HD, mostly below 55). And that machine was on / had been on 24/7 running eMule (for months on end, average 5-10 days between boots and only 1 month a year truly resting and 1-2 months intermittently resting (while being moved).

It did feel unpleasantly hot at times, but exhibited no signs of not running properly.

I did try to read a bit of the faq's and helpfiles for SpeedFan, but found nothing immediately helpful. Most of it presupposes a much greater knowledge of hardware and how stuff actually works than I have.

Maybe we should throw ourselves on the mercy of the nice people in either the Hardware forum or the windoze forum here?

 

Well it looks like NHC was connected to TZ4_ instead of TZ0_ which is the real Digital Thermal Sensor, TZ4_ being the fan speed and for debugging purpose
Now at least, my laptop stays idle à 62C and at 71C when used at full throttle.
No more high speed fan, no more shut down warnings! How welcome.