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    Quieter cooling solution for Sager NP9170 with the 7970M

    Discussion in 'Sager and Clevo' started by V1R4G3, Feb 16, 2013.

  1. V1R4G3

    V1R4G3 Notebook Geek

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    Title explains it all. I'm looking for a quieter cooling solution than the stock fans. Must be able to maintain the current cooling effectiveness, but I want to reduce the overall sound. Liquid cooling or more silent fans, whatever options I have, please let me know. I've done a few of the less intrusive cooling mods to get the temperatures down a bit, but they don't directly reduce the fan sound, at an audible level.

    What do you guys have?
     
    V1R4G3, Feb 16, 2013
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  2. Meaker@Sager

    Meaker@Sager Company Representative

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    Nothing really and the fan profiles are encrypted in the firmware so no way to change them.
     
    Meaker@Sager, Feb 16, 2013
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    How about a different brand or type of internal fans?

    Sent from my SCH-I535 using Tapatalk 2
     
    V1R4G3, Feb 16, 2013
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    Notebooks use highly customised shroud shapes so finding one that fits is virtually impossible and the fan is usually molded into the shroud.
     
    Meaker@Sager, Feb 17, 2013
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    michael69 Notebook Enthusiast

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    when is it noisy, during games ? you can cap the framerate of games using a utility like MSI afterburner
    cleaning the dust out of it every 3 to 6 months is definitly needed. otherwise fans are overworked due to dust
    I recently did a re-paste, added 16 small heatsinks and applied aluminum tape between the fan and heatsink. that dropped my temperatures 6C , my hottest CPU core is just under 39C while I am typing this. BF3 is running @ 74C (Sager np8150, ATI 6990M,2630QM proc
     
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    You can make sure the back is raised slightly to improve airflow but otherwise it is what it is.
     
    Meaker@Sager, Feb 24, 2013
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