P150HM/P151HM GPU Fan Control? Badly Needed!

I have a problem with my P151HM where the GTX 460M's fan is almost constantly on. The few times it will turn off is around the 36-38° mark but then it is only for a few seconds as the GPU quickly heats up again and the starting and stop is extremely noisy and irritating.

Is this a common thing for the fan profile? Is there any way to edit this fan profile (GPU bios as nbitor doesn't work) or through a 3rd party app? I have tried every app I can think of (Nvidia Inspector, Afterburner, Precision, Speedfan, Rivatuner, etc.) and none of them, even GPU-Z can't detect the fan speed or RPM or have any control. The fan option is always greyed out.

I live in a cold climate and the laptop is well ventilated. I'm not sure what else I can do aside from constantly play music to drown out the noise.

This is in idle mode where the fan is always on trying to keep the GPU around 40° C. Clocks are only 51MHz core, 135MHz memory, on the lowest power state (0.82V).

I am desperate for some way to control the fan myself!

 

I'm not aware of any current options out there to control the fans on these machines.

However, The fact that your graphics card is moving loudly enough to be a nuisance is a potential indicator of a poor thermal paste job. It wouldn't hurt to check into that avenue. You could try to run furmark a bit, and make note of the temperatures created. (20 minutes of it only moves my card up to around 70C.)

Honestly though, i wouldn't hold my breath to try to get a silent computer. My guess is that any updated bios would just turn the fans on full time (to solve a previously noted "surging" complaint) at a slower speed rather than open it up to outside controls.

 

i think you need to realize that gaming notebooks are that loud when it comes to fan noise

if there wasn't a silent button on my laptop i would die for day-to-day non-gaming use.

 

Is there a "Silent Mode" on the P150HM?

 

Would a more reasonable fan profile not be possible? The cards run at 60-70° C when you are gaming. Why must the fan continuously turn on and off without a smooth curve in the profile everytime the GPU hits 40° C? It's basically on the whole time except for stuttering and stopping every now and then when it jumps from zero RPM to medium speed.

Would IC Diamond help me?

I don't really care about fan noise when gaming but this is when I am just on the desktop. Oh how I wish Clevo would have properly worked out a way to take advantage of Optimus and actually use the Sandy Bridge GPU when the main GPU is not needed

I'll give 20 min of Furmark a try.

 

The fan thing bugs me as well, at work there is enough ambient noise that I don't notice it all, however at home where it is typically quiet it is very noticeable and distracting. So far I haven't found a solution, wish Clevo would have implemented some ability to control the fans in the BIOS as I would love to try bumping the GPU temp up to 45 before the fans kick in just to see what happens.

 

I own the clevo P151HM

I have a geforce 485M GTX 2gigs

Now the fan noise is really bugging me. I mean this graphic card when you game goes up to 87C while playing battlefield 3 for example.

Now I don't see why I need an average of 38C while I'm idling. Because of this the GPU fan is always spinning to keep that low temperature. What I'dd rather have is 48C and that the fan shuts up.

Anybody found a solution? is clevo working on something? Anybody contact them?

cheers

 

There's still no way to manually control fan speed. The only real option is to undervolt/underclock your GPU at idle to lower the overall temps and keep the fan turned off.

 

undervolting voids your warranty and the clock speed is already really really low at idle so this is not a solution

I mean Clevo must be able to come up with something
why can't this laptop be added in the compatibility list for software such as speedfan and such? why hasn't this been done? Is it not possible?

all we need is to be able to access the Fan Tables.
All we need is a simple program where we can select a fan table I mean for me who doesn't program this seems really easy

 

My system with a gtx485 is being built by malibal right now so I have no way of testing. but will msi afterburner not work with the m series gpus?

 

In lamens terms, the embedded control (EC) that controls the fans doesn't speak a language that speedfan or the others can access. More specifically, there isn't currently any software that can interface with this EC directly. It may eventually happen, it just takes time.

 

MALIBAL #2 any news on this now?

is there a fan controller out there for this laptop?

thanx

 

Still none that I'm aware of. There's no telling when it may/may not happen. I'm sure the community will make it known pretty much ASAP though

 

re thermal paste that GPU! my P151HM1 is very very quiet. the GPU fan is normally on at a very low speed and the CPU fan occasionally turns on. it takes some real heat to kick them up to max.

@shishkabob: maybe, not 100% positive. i heard something about afterburner working with some of the GTX cards. I have the 560m but have not tested yet.

 

i have the GTX 485m. Deerhurst where have you heard that msi afterburner works on these cards.

cheers

 

Trust me it's a good thing that the fan is always on, especially considering how quiet it is. There is nothing more annoying than a fan that constantly spins up and down, which is actually what the CPU fan does in these (and many other) laptops but you barely notice it thanks to the consistent GPU fan.

 

Hello,

Is there a Fan conrtoller now avaiable for owners of the Clevo P150HM with GTX 485M

Thank you
Luc

 

No, sorry.
Hopefully it will be a feature in next years refresh.

 

I have a p170hm that I got with a GTX 485m and recently upgraded to a GTX 680m. I can promise that afterburner works fine with these cards. However, you cannot control the fan speeds with it, or any other software for that matter. (as of yet) You should repaste with ICD as soon as you get a new computer anyway.... I don't trust the factory stuff.

I have never been bothered by my fans, I think of them as sort of a white noise machine.... and they aren't all that loud anyway

 

Ok well I'll look ino this for my next purchase.

Quick question. When I play BF3 with max settings it starts to really lag after a few secondes because de GPU reaches 102C. To avoid this I have to lift the back of my laptop with a book for example, so more air can circulate underneath. Is this normal?

The other solution is pressing FN+1 for max fan speed

 

You may need a repaste, but make sure it's clear of dust inside, as that on it's own screws up the cooling. 102c is not normal.