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    How to tweak power settings to make fan always work on 100%?

    Discussion in 'Windows OS and Software' started by James D, Aug 13, 2011.

  1. James D

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    I have very good cooling laptop with 70 degrees MAX on furmark when overclocked. But when I am playing game like COD Black Ops my fan starts to work like he is on vacation! When he want he works, when he decide to stop spinning or lower it my GPU goes from 61 to 75 degrees until I notice it and push Alt+Tab, then fan start to work as loud as it can.

    So I want to edit/tweak my High Performance profile so when I choose it my fan shoold ALWAY cool at max.

    HOW TO DO IT?
     
  2. coolguy

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    With your Vaio, I don't think that you can control/ change fan speed.

    Why do you want the fan to be at max speed all the time? You don't need that. The increase/ decrease in temp will automatically control the fan speed.
     
  3. James D

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    As I wrote above it doesn't
     
  4. coolguy

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    What GPU driver are you using? Try updating to the latest. Try changing the Vaio Power management/ thermal strategy settings in Vaio control center.
     
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    You could try experimenting with SpeedFan, but I have no idea if it works with Sony Vaios. Also check if there are any relevant settings in the BIOS of your laptop.
     
  6. James D

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    Thanks guys.
    I was thinking to check BIOS because I remember I had this option in old HP nc6000 but I was too lazy to check it here because I don't remember this.
    Thermal strategy is always on Performance Mode.
    I have 26x drivers (the prelast I guess) but I remember I had HUGE problems installing 27x and then even rolling back to 26x. It just did not allow me to do it. Besides I have 300km series GPU while 26x and 27x are improving only 400mseires and higher.
     
  7. reb1

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    Speedfan does not change anything on a Vaio. My Vaio had two fans replaced under warranty before it cooled correctly. Sony also replaced the motherboard due to the fan not cooling properly. A noisy fan on a Vaio is a sure sign of something ready to burn up.
     
  8. James D

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    good that I don't have noisy fan :p

    BIOS has almost nothing.
    Yes, speedfan did not help because it did not even see any fan.
    Will update drivers tomorrow. Going to sleep.
     
  9. James D

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    Found nothing
     
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    Pherein Notebook Guru

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