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    controlling noisy fan in HP6910p

    Discussion in 'HP' started by obionenairobi, Jan 19, 2008.

  1. obionenairobi

    obionenairobi Notebook Consultant

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    Hi,

    I bought a HP 6910p and am somewhat dissapointed by the fan noise of the notebook.
    I used to have a noisy fan on my asus as well and could control it a bit more using NHC (Notebook hardware control)

    I understood from several threads that NHC won't work on a 6910p because of the intel processor.

    Can someone advice me another program that does work and let's me undervolt the laptop and control the fan ????

    Thanks
     
    obionenairobi, Jan 19, 2008
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  2. Teraforce

    Teraforce Flying through life

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    Where did you hear that the 6910p won't work with NHC because it has an intel CPU? NHC works fine on my nw8440, and it has an intel CPU.

    If NHC doesn't work on your 6910p, it's because of something else (fan not being controlled by the ACPI, for example), not because your CPU is made by intel.
     
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  3. marmion

    marmion Notebook Consultant

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    Use NHC and lock it at max battery. Whilst on power, I'm idling 42-43C, no fan noise. Only when you need the power should you put it to dynamic switching.
     
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  4. obionenairobi

    obionenairobi Notebook Consultant

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    I understood that NHC did not support the santa rosa chipset.

    I have installed NHC and only a few options are available.
    I will try with the max battery and see if it makes things better.

    Is it normal that when you run on AC the fan is always on ?
     
    obionenairobi, Jan 20, 2008
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  5. marmion

    marmion Notebook Consultant

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    No, my fan is not always on when on AC power. Go into the BIOS (F10 at start up) and navigate, find and disable 'Fan always on during AC power' or similar. You can't undervolt with NHC but you can still lock it at the minimum speed with max battery.
     
    marmion, Jan 20, 2008
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