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Non-Development: Reduce fan noise 2002-03-03 -- Dave Harms Newsgroups: topspeed.topic.general
For those of you who, like me, really don't like noisy case fans,
here's some very useful software: Motherboard Monitor
(http://mbm.livewiredev.com/). It won't slow your fans down, but if you
do something crazy like run your fans at 7 volts instead of 12, MBM
will tell you (and if necessary warn you by email or other alarm) if
your processor gets too hot. Very slick. I found that under typical
loads (my dev machine is actually idle much of the time, since I'm not
continuously compiling or doing database access) I could run one case
fan at 7 volts instead of 12, and disable the other fan entirely, and
motherboard temp only went up from 24C to 27C, while processor (Athlon
1800) temp went up from 47C to 52C, still well under the max 95C.
Of course, this all assumes your motherboard has the sensors built in.
MBM can also monitor various system voltages and fan speeds, if the
sensors are there.
Dave
Dave Harms
dharms@clarionmag.com
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