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    Clevo W150 HR - Change the Fan - Do I need to upgrade it ?

    Discussion in 'Sager and Clevo' started by Ed gonn, Mar 12, 2019.

  1. Ed gonn

    Ed gonn Notebook Enthusiast

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    Hello Everybody,

    I have a Clevo W150 HR since 2011 and I never made any upgrade on it (It includes do not change the thermal paste as well). Recently, I noticed that the sound of the fan is higher than the normal, and the fan is practically running all the time at a speed higher than the normal. (Not max).

    Just to highlight, I started to use the laptop at the college, and how all the students have their brand new laptops, my Clevo seems to be a helicopter. It is very annoying.

    I intend to do some upgrades (with the low budget as possible), but I did not made it yet. The plan follows:

    1 - Apply a new thermal paste on the CPU and GPU - Probably the Noctua NT-H1.

    2 - Change Fan ( I have the ADDA Model AB7505HX-GE3 originally installed ) - I found this one: https://ebay.to/2T1dXgz

    3 - I did not mention, but the HD is not a SSD and it contribute for the noise (I though to buy the Crucial BX500).

    ---- or ----

    1 - Buy a new fanless notebook for the College.


    I rarely play games, and the main advantage of the Clevo is that I intend to use it to run Deep Learning algorithms on the GP. This is the main reason that I am using on college.


    Using the Fanspeed, the temperature is always between 48-50 ºC - because the fan is pratically always on.

    Configuration:

    Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-2520M CPU @ 2.50GHz
    NVIDIA GeForce GT540M


    What do you thing about it ?
     
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    Ed gonn, Mar 12, 2019
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  2. Chastity

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    Fan is probably louder because things are hotter. Do the repaste first.
     
    Chastity, Mar 12, 2019
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  3. Meaker@Sager

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    Also make sure the fins on the heatsink are clean.
     
    Meaker@Sager, Mar 13, 2019
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    Thank you for your help !
    I will change the paste and comment the improvements as soon as possible.
     
    Ed gonn, Mar 13, 2019
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    I have already cleaned it up
     
    Ed gonn, Mar 13, 2019
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    Also ensure the nvidia gpu is not being kept awake by mistake.
     
    Meaker@Sager, Mar 13, 2019
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    Hello !

    The SpeedFan software indicates that the temperature is zero. The GPU temperature only change when I execute the GPU-Z software.

    Is there other way to confirm it?
     
    Ed gonn, Mar 13, 2019
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    The nvidia activity icon in the driver control panel under the desktop tab at the top. Enable it and see it in the bottom right.
     
    Meaker@Sager, Mar 13, 2019
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    The software says that I am using the Intel HD Graphics 3000 as standard.

    I do not know if it has any relevance, but when I push the bottom "VGA" positioned at the top left of the laptop, the following message appears:

    "In order to make 3D applications work on iGPU or dGPU, please make sure that those applications should be exited first and run them again."
     
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    It should be a little gpu icon in the bottom right that lights up from grey when the gpu is in use.
     
    Meaker@Sager, Mar 13, 2019
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    Sorry, but this option does not exist on my Windows 7.

    Do I need to install which software ?


    ---- EDITED ---

    I upgraded the NVidia Driver and the icon appeared. It is gray, that is, there is no GPU activity.

    Thank you
     
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    Keep an eye for a but and make sure it stays that way. With the re-paste it should sort things out.
     
    Meaker@Sager, Mar 14, 2019
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    Hello


    Well, I changed the thermal paste of the CPU and GPU for the NOCTUA NT-H1 but the problem still persisting.

    The fan still turns on and never stop. It happens even with when I am doing nothing (IDLE state). I do not know what to do :(
     
    Ed gonn, Mar 15, 2019
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    What are your temps?
     
    senso, Mar 15, 2019
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    Fanspeed software:

    Before: between 48-50 ºC
    After the paste: 41-45 ºC

    Very good improvement, but I seems that the cooler did not detect any kind of temperature variation.
     
    Ed gonn, Mar 15, 2019
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    I found a nice program called RLECViewer that can control the fan speed. I noticed that the fan minimum speed before start be annoying is 35% of speed. I was thinking if I substitute the fan, what could be the probability to increase this percentage ? For example, a new fan will work in silence for more than 35 % of speed ?

    The link of the review of the program RLECViewer: http://forum.notebookreview.com/thr...clevo-fan-control.818858/page-6#post-10881880
     
    Ed gonn, Mar 16, 2019
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    All fans have a minimum voltage before they start spinning which will then be a certain RPM.
     
    Meaker@Sager, Mar 16, 2019
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