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AQUASTEVAE
Level 8

‎12-10-2011 11:00 PM - last edited on ‎03-05-2024 07:34 PM by Community Admin

i did a fresh install on my ssd, and are now wondering how do i control fan speed? i was pretty sure that i read on a thread long ago, that there was a program which allowed us to make the fans run faster or slower, depending on the performance of the computer. but it's just a vague memory now.
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BrodyBoy
Level 10

‎12-11-2011 12:08 AM

No, you can't really control it directly. Different power profiles, both in Windows and in P4G, will use the fan more or less (depends on how they employ passive and active cooling), but it's not like you can manually set the speed. (There are 3rd party utilities that purport to offer this, but I hear they don't work well.)
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AQUASTEVAE
Level 8
In response to BrodyBoy

‎12-11-2011 06:55 AM

so even without p4g, windows will speed up and slow down the fans to keep everything cool on its own? i was just wondering because i never hear the fans, and i have read threads where people say how the fan noise is greater than on the g73.
CoolerMaster Maker 5T - ASUS CROSSHAIR VIII EXTREME - 65-inch UHD 4k SAMSUNG Q8FN - AMD Ryzen 9 5900X - NZXT Kraken X72 - 10 SIRIUS LOOP/NZXT RGB Case Fans W/ HUE+ - Gigabyte AORUS 1080 TI EXTREME - 64GB GSkill TRIDENTZ NEO 3600Mhz DDR4 - 3X XPG GAMMIX S70 2TB NVMe SSD'S- 2X CORSAIR FORCE MP600 NVMe SSD'S - WD BLUE 8TB HDD - Logitech wireless KRAFT advanced keyboard - Logitech M570 wireless trackball - Dual booting WIN 11
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BrodyBoy
Level 10
In response to AQUASTEVAE

‎12-11-2011 01:15 PM

AQUASTEVAE wrote:
so even without p4g, windows will speed up and slow down the fans to keep everything cool on its own? i was just wondering because i never hear the fans, and i have read threads where people say how the fan noise is greater than on the g73.

Yeah, of course. 🙂 Temp control and power management are basic functions of the OS. I find the only thing that gets the G74 ramped up is using a lot of graphics processing. Otherwise, the G74 runs very cool and quiet.
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dstrakele
Level 14
In response to AQUASTEVAE

‎12-11-2011 01:30 PM

AQUASTEVAE wrote:
so even without p4g, windows will speed up and slow down the fans to keep everything cool on its own? i was just wondering because i never hear the fans, and i have read threads where people say how the fan noise is greater than on the g73.


I'm using the default "Balanced" power profile on my clean Windows 7 instance. I have not installed Power4Gear. SpeedFan indicates fan speed increases similar to the ASUS OS with P4G.
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AQUASTEVAE
Level 8
In response to dstrakele

‎12-11-2011 08:33 PM

cool. thanks. trying to keep as much bloatware off of it as i can.
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Panda
Level 7

‎12-11-2011 09:32 AM

And a low fan noise is bad why..? My G74SX's fan noise level doesn't seem to match any other descriptions about its supposed noise. I really want to ship it back to XoticPC for repairs but I don't have 2 weeks to spare.
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