Samsung NP355, does your fan have a mind of it`s own

I have the latest firmware, the fan stays off until the cpu hit`s approx 55c then you get a blast of hot air and un-called for fan noise, why not keep the fan running slow and then ramp it up if needed.

And it take`s very little to get to 55c, just browsing the web using firefox and off the fan goes, and i with only an 10% or less cpu usage, and then the fan goes off, and the temp slowly builds up to 55c and off it goes again.

I have messed with the silent mode, key F11 and in easy settings, but it slow the cpu down, like power save.

thanks

John.

 

Samsung don't seem to give much attention to carefully crafted fan rules although your experience seems to be extreme. My own complaint is that the fan on my NP900X4C goes to full speed at 71C which is achievable with one thread running full load.

The best you can do is to report the problem with Samsung UK support and ask them to forward the issue to the concerned people (but most likely you'll get the standard advice to reinstall Windows).

John

 

Hi John

I have done a number of clean installs, it`s just the same, I dont bother with Samsung support as they want my details and serial numbers, I normally just return the notebook as faulty to the store i bought it from, if i cannot get a fix within a week or two.

 

My last noteook was a samsung, and it was returned as the cpu/gpu use to peak at 93c while gaming, it had virtually zero air intakes on the bottom, Samsung seems to be loosing the plot.

John.

 

They tend to let appearance take too much precedence over function and end up with products that contain compromises (eg a thin chassis that can't include sufficient cooling capacity). That said, the majority of customers either do not encounter or just accept those compromises. But, as in the examples discussed above, some tweaking of the fan rules would make the design compromises far more acceptable.

I should also note that it's not only Samsung who get these things wrong. I could only live with my Lenovo T420s for a year because of TPFanControl which let me write my own fan rules to reduce the noise. However, this couldn't fix the modest throttling that would occur under full CPU load and maximum fan speed when the temperature exceeded 95C.

Perhaps the development staff all sit in noisy offices (I never hear the fan noise when I'm working in an office because of all the other background noise).

John