Passive cooling Clevo P955EP6

Hi I'm new on this forum and I have a question about the Clevo P955EP6.
When idle the fans kick in when the cpu and/or gpu reach 40 degrees celsius (in power saver mode).
The fan noise is very noticable so I wonder if it's possible to raise the 40 degrees limit to lets say 60.
There is plenty of headroom to cool the laptop passively and I also believe this will increase battery life a bit.

 

Well, you can use the Clevo control center, or keep an eye on the following post.

http://forum.notebookreview.com/thr...-by-obsidian-pc.801464/page-152#post-10763333

Work is being done on a utility that will replace the CCC, and it has the ability to set your fan speeds based on temp.

 

in a nutshell no you cant. Fan control was always really bad on clevo notebooks. Thin and lights rely much more on fans to cool down so youll have to deal with it I'm afraid.

 

I found a way to do it but it ain't flawless and without risk.

1) Remove control center

2) Install RLECVIEWER:
http://forum.notebookreview.com/threads/rlecviewer-custom-clevo-fan-control.818858/

3) Install the latest control center 1.0.23 which can be found at model PA7XES_EP6

4) Reboot and open control center and enable power saver mode.

5) Disable the turbo mode with XTU or Throttlestop so your cpu will run @ 800mhz

6) Open RLECviewer and click on settings.
- Enable manual mode
- Set the fan amount to 3
- Disable OverLevelCooling
- If you want passive cooling set all 10 steps for each fan to 1%. Why? I've noticed a +100 C (f.e. 150 C) bug in the temperature readings from the app.
Somehow the fans will turn on and off each 30 seconds when the fan % values differ.
While watching movies in Kodi the temperatures are 55 C max
- If you want some unnoticeable airflow set all cpu fan values to 20% the temperatures will drop to 50 C

Be carefull though you must disable the RLEC fan profile when you use more cpu/gpu intensive programs!

 

I request a Linux version on the github site of rlecviewer, I don't know what the plans are for future compatibility.

 

Why on earth are you running your laptop when any of its components are at +100 C?

 

As described it's a bug in the temperature readings from RLEC software.
Throttlestop or HWmonitor didn't record this temperature and above all the cpu won't allow it by design because throttling kicks in at 100 C.
The method I'm using does work really well just don't forget to switch the fan profile with intensive tasks and you're fine!

**Added a step to the guide that was missing