Is it possible to make the fans more quiet?

I don't know if the model number matters at all regarding this issue, but does anyone know if it's possible to make the fans for the Sager 5760 more quiet?

Some of the time the laptop is pretty quiet, which is the way I want it, but other times one of the fans, I think the one towards the middle, makes a somewhat high-pitched noise that I think might be irritating to others nearby.

I'm thinking about taking this laptop to class and using it, but the noise might be an issue, does anyone know anyway to get the fans to run more quietly if possible?

Any help would be useful, thanks.

 

1. What are you doing when that fan makes the irratating noise? Would you be doing the same things when you are in class?
2. Have you called tech support to see if there might be something wrong with the fan?

 

i've actually had a similar problem... I'm not sure if its the fan or something else spinning up tho. I tried altering fan speed via Fn-F2 but that brings on/shuts off a different fan from what I'm hearing. does fn-f2 control both the fans that I can see from the bottom?

the interesting thing is, I thought it might be because I was using the wireless at the time, but I'm doing that now and I don't have that sound. I only seem to get that sound when I'm on battery. does something come on (sounds like its right below the touchpad or keyboard) when you are on battery? I thought maybe it was the 7200RPM hard drive spinning up, but it keeps going so that I have to put the computer to sleep so that it quiets down during class.

is there any software that allows control of the 5760's fans, so I can try turn them off temporarily when that sound comes on, just for a few seconds to test if the sound is actually a loud fan or not.

 

k i finally duplicated the problem at home... after i went on battery and tried to connect to a wireless network, the middle fan eventually came on fairly loud (fn f2 doesnt seem to turn it off), but not as loud as pressing fn f2 and turning the rear fan on full blast. now i've re-plugged in and the fan is still going at that annoying level. i tried putting to sleep and coming back out, but the fan comes right back on. if I reboot and start up normally with AC power, i never hear this fan come on this much, even when gaming hardcore.

 

Are you on the same surface when on and off battery?

My 5320 has a center fan in it for the GPU, and it isn't very noticable when it comes on. I can hear it start up, but that is about it. The main fan is very quiet at idle, but does get a little noisy at full tilt.

 

Well, the 5760 IS a desktop replacement computer. Is it louder than your desktop? If not, it's good. ^^

I find that when I first turn mine on, it's mousy quiet. Then after 10 or so min of non-gaming activities, the middle fan comes on with a rather annoying sound. Small fans unfortunately are louder. The big one is whisper quiet, but the small one tends to get a bit loud. I just use headphones all the time, it's not a big sticking point on this model.

Just keep in mind that you have a top end chipset, CPU, and GPU in this. It needs to get rid of that heat.

 

but why does it seem limited to battery power times and rarely during AC power times? i've found that even during hot days (and I live in Hawaii) playing games with the laptop directly on a table (no cooler beneath or anything to lift it off the table), even then the middle fan doesnt come on. but in light usage on battery... WHIRRRRRRRRRRR!

 

All I can guess is that when you're working on wall power, your battery will often be fully charged and will be inactive. When you're running off batt power, the battery heats up and increases the case temp. Maybe the temp sensor is near the battery.

Why on earth are you running this laptop off the battery? It wasnt meant for that! XD

 

only for during class... interestingly enough, I sat next to an outlet and plugged it in, and the fan still came on after awhile. hmm...

so is there anyway to override this fan?

 

Update:

After reading what Donald said about calling tech support to check on the fan issue, I finally was able to do some tests for the fan.

First, I learned that when that irritating noise comes on I can right-click my desktop, go to NVIDIA display, then to Laptop Display, then to PowerMizer, then set the AC outlet and Battery settings to "Maximum power savings", and then the noise goes away soon after.

Secondly, I re-installed 3DMark05 on the laptop, and ran it again. The scores were drastically different from the first time I ran it. It dropped from about 8500 to 7500. The configurations were different at both times though, and I was wondering if those differences were big enough to create the huge gap in score.

When I got the 8500 score, the laptop was out-of-the-box and I installed the latest drivers from http://www.laptopvideo2go.com/, that was the first thing I did and that was the score I got as a result.

Now when I tested it, I have the stock drivers, meaning after Sager replaced my motherboard I haven't updated any drivers. And I've also installed a lot of new things like Zone Alarm, and other programs and games, leaving me with about 31gb (initially 80gb) of hard drive space, resulting in that 7500 score.

I was wondering if the drivers and other factors were big enough to explain that huge difference in score, or does the problem lie somewhere else? Any suggestions or should I call Sager tech support right about now?

Thanks again.

 

Make sure that your power settings for the video card are set to Maximum Performance if you are running benchmarks. You said you set them down, so that could be part of the issue.

Secondly, try using the dual-core configuration guide at the top of this forum.

 

And benchmarks are usually run without firewalls and other non-gaming software running. The stock drivers versus the Lv2G drivers would also make a difference.