Fan Control Software for Windows XP and Vista

BTW where do I see these ACPI errors you guys are talking about???

 

After a few tests.... very nice....since the update to v1.00 beta my fan kicks in full throttle once the set tempearture threshold has been reached. good job! but what does the "fan off" setting mean....so if I set fan on to 65 and fan off to 55, does this mean if the temp is below 55 the fan is at 0%, once it reaches 55, the fan spins at minimal, say 25%, and once it reaches 65, the fan spins at 100%???? Either way I'm really happy that I can now hear the fan at 100% when the temperature threshold is reached; gives me a bit more confidence. Great job!

 

This is a great improvement. Thanks for the update. Suggestions: I think there should be a middle ground to how fast the fan is spinning. If I'm not mistaken the Fan turns on to 100% at FAN ON until the temperature goes all the way down to FAN OFF 0%. Hopefully you can make a middle spin(maybe like 50%) to maintain the temperature of the CPU. Otherwise, the fan will be going on and off very quickly. Also, could you make the difference between FAN ON/OFF higher than 10?

 

Great program! While I appreciate the changes in the software, is there some way I can download the previous version (0.9 Beta)? That setup was better suited for my needs at this moment.

Thanks

 

Nice! we are getting there I support the solution of the fan running at 40-60% when it is getting near the set temp, and then speeding to 100% once it reaches the temp.

 

Can you explain WHY?
What was better with the last version, that you cannot do with 1.0 BETA?
I don´t have it anymore ... it also had some serios bugs.

The Fan kicks in at Auto-Mode, since the 100%-Thing didn´t work on every AA1 ... the AA1 Bios is now controlling the speed ... if its hotter the fan runs faster ... that is more secure. The Tool is made to go fanless most of the time, so i dont want to maintain the temp of the CPU with the fan and the rpms.

Do other useres want to have this option?


What i see is that everyone has total different thinking about this software, by the way thats ok!
I would say that the recommended settings are FAN ON 70C / FAN OFF 65C ... it should be possible to work fanless 99% of the time, and nothing gets really hot. I dont want play with the fan ... i want silence ... but thats only my opinion.
The last thing i want to get rid of is the hdd ticking of my 120gb 1,8-ZIF-Hdd ... i´m thinking about buying a AA1-150 and replacing the HDD with a MTRON-SSD. This is what i am dreaming about ;-)

CU Ralf

 

Thanks for the new Version, but is fanless really good for the AAO?
What about the chipset? How hot will it get and what is it max allowed temp? What about all other devices that have to survive without cooling?
If the fan is comletely off most of the time, there will be no air flow to keep the chipset cool or to transport hot air out of the AAO.

Maybe it would be better to have it on most of the time, for example starting at 60 degree at very low rpm and speed up at higher degrees?

 

Hi remoh!

That´s the point ... can the hardware live with the temperatures?

Here are some datas form the Intel documentation:

The Junction Temp of the Atom Processor is 125°C ... this means the processor "turns off" automatically at 125°C
The maximum allowable Case temperature of the Atom is 85.2°C.
And the maximum "allowable" temp of the Atom is around 100°C

I also have a Macbook Pro ... and this Thing runs so hot ... you cannot put it on your knees ... not in summertime!

I think that todays hardware don´t have any problems with the heat ... and the AA1 isn´t getting really hot (belive me), even with the tool.

I know that not everyone will agree with this, but that is MHO, and i have a lot to do with hardware ... and all of my computers are running really hot :twisted:

And no matter what i am telling you ... you are running this tool at your own risk ... and i cannot promise anything to anyone!

CU Ralf

 

thanks for your answer.
Maybe the hardware will run in its specs without fan most of the time - but i have a bad feeling about that.
Yesterday my table under the AAO was really warm (i could also all it hot) after the AAO was running on it for 2 hours.

Would it be hard to code to have an option that let the fan always run at low rpm and speed up at a specified temp?

 

Go in the Control Panel
Go in administration tools
Go in event loggin (i dont know the real name, my Windows XP is in french)
check System, you can see 1 or 2 error ACPIEC every 2 or 3 seconds.
It seem to happen when you check temperature or fan speed.

SpeedFan doesn't generate this error but current version cannot change fan speed.

AA1 fan control is near perfection

 

I prefear two option for FAN OFF:
1. Fan turned off
or
2 Fan at very low speed (like v0.9) or a little bit more fast, so you reduce the number of time of FAN ON at full speed.

 

Bug report:
If computer is going in standby (battery low, auto standby) and fan is running. The computer never turn off and it's not possible to awake the computer. You need to turn off the One.

 

oh yeah I see them all... I'm getting like 10 errors every 6-8 seconds...heres the content of the error:

\Device\ACPIEC: The embedded controller (EC) hardware returned data when none was requested. This may indicate that the BIOS is incorectly trying to access the EC without syncronizing with the OS. The data is being ignored.

 

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My fan now kicks on (at full speed) quite often with the new update. Although the computer was a little warm, it wasn't unbearable. Now I'm seeing temperatures around 74 degrees, which makes its toggle on and off a lot. I'm not a tech, and if you say that there were bugs, I believe you. The previous setup worked for me, seeing how I am in school, and not having the fan run extremely loud was a plus. Again, thank you for the software, and keep up the good work.

 

It is working fine here on a Vista Ultimate installation. However when I install the port driver which of the options can I uncheck? I suppose I don't need them all. Keep up the great work!

 

I agree, best solution.

I agree too, Ralf.
I am now at my garden, 30C outdoors (Spain). If i setup as "on" 60, "off" 55 (this is what my mind wanted first), it is going on and off all the time: not too good for silence. But if I let it "on" 70 "off" 60, the thing works much better: using the AA1 as usual to me (firefox and not much more) it hovers around 58-62C silently. Great.

I think it could be a good option, if this is not unfeasible, to have a "safe mode" for those who are nervous about having no fan at all unless temps go high: in this mode "fan off" would be really "fan 10%" or so (slow but moving).

Thanks for your work anyway.

Regards,

Josep

 

fan on, fan off
those options are so limiting...

how about give us a drop down bar with fan increments 10/20...100% fan speed, or better yet, a slider

or, i have to say, just copy this interface (atitraytools - it lets me control the fan spins + temps)

see, in my video card, i fan can spin at 46% and still be silent

 

I have a feature request. It'd be nice to be able to have different settings when on battery or plugged in. I'd like to set the temperature higher when running on battery to save battery life.

 

Should we downgrade to version v.09? when the fan kicks in for v1.0 it sounds like the
space shuttle launching, I understand that v.09 has a more subdued fan. Plus those errors have me worried.

Anyway, not trying to complain, the program is light years beyond what Acer is providing.

Which is nothing............

 

OSX port?

:shock: :? :x :cry: