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    How to max out the fan speed on Samsung 300v5a?

    Discussion in 'Samsung' started by Limoncello, Jul 1, 2012.

  1. Limoncello

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    Greetings. I have a Samsung 300v5a and would like to make the fans work at 100% speed regardless of temperature (so as not to reach high temperatures at all).

    So far I've seen two solutions: Speedfan (which doesn't find any fans at all) and BIOS (entered it but there was nothing related to fans there).

    Could anyone give some heads-up on how I could actually modify this?
     
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  2. John Ratsey

    John Ratsey Moderately inquisitive Super Moderator

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    Can you explain further why you want to do this? What are the maximum temperatures you get at the moment? Having the fan(s) running at full speed will increase the extent of thermal cycling.

    John
     
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    Could you please explain what this thermal cycling you're talking about is and whether I should worry about it? My temperatures often spike up to 80 degrees celsius when under heavy load, then the fan starts working quicker and cools the computer down. I've heard that 60 degrees is already far from ideal, hence the question.
     
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    Thermal cycling is the repeated heating and cooling of components. It is what caused the Nvidia GPUs to die a few years back. Keeping the fan(s) running at full speed won't make much difference to the maximum temperature (and I think 80C is fine - Intel CPUs are designed to start reducing their speed at 95C) but when the computer is under light usage the components will be cooled more.

    John
     
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