Posts by Zoness

1) Message boards : BOINC Manager : BOINC and CPU Fan Control on XP (Message 22262)
Posted 3 Jan 2009 by Zoness
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I did try editing the settings in the BIOS and it did run high so it pretty much looks like investing in the fan is something I have to do, its pretty large for the motherboard I hope it fits....Thanks for the help.
2) Message boards : BOINC Manager : BOINC and CPU Fan Control on XP (Message 22228)
Posted 1 Jan 2009 by Zoness
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All I can say is that if you have to make the new fan ignore the sensors and force it to low speed when it thinks it should run on high speed then make sure you've got temperature monitoring software working so you can see how hot the CPU gets.


That is what I want to try with my current fan first but I don't know how to make it ignore the sensors. If I can get it to ignore the sensors, determine the average temperature then I can determine if I want a new fan if I think it is running too high, and of course I will enable the emergency shutdown on my BIOS if push comes to shove.


3) Message boards : BOINC Manager : BOINC and CPU Fan Control on XP (Message 22217)
Posted 1 Jan 2009 by Zoness
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I would think that I could set it at a speed that I am happy with while keeping the CPU healthy, even if it is a bit warm. Point is, I won't be able to crunch efficiently on XP without a fan blaring at me constantly and the only solution is to upgrade to vista but usually that is a disaster for a lot of my other programs. If I can find more of a software solution I will because there are controls in Vista that allow you to run it at a constant.
4) Message boards : BOINC Manager : BOINC and CPU Fan Control on XP (Message 22201)
Posted 31 Dec 2008 by Zoness
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I will do that but is there any way to make the fan run at a constant speed and disregard the readings from the motherboard's sensor?
5) Message boards : BOINC Manager : BOINC and CPU Fan Control on XP (Message 22191)
Posted 31 Dec 2008 by Zoness
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Ok I will definitely try that first.


Ok I tried that and nothing changed even though the temperature was lowered. I think the fan speed is changing on usage but I don't know if it works that way, do the fans listed above maintain a constant low speed?
6) Message boards : BOINC Manager : BOINC and CPU Fan Control on XP (Message 22190)
Posted 30 Dec 2008 by Zoness
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Ok I will definitely try that first.
7) Message boards : BOINC Manager : BOINC and CPU Fan Control on XP (Message 22186)
Posted 30 Dec 2008 by Zoness
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Can I easily put those fans into a stock computer without destroying the CPU socket? Some older stock computers make it easy to break things when you tried to modify them. The AM2 socket fans will work with the AM2+ socket right?
8) Message boards : BOINC Manager : BOINC and CPU Fan Control on XP (Message 22174)
Posted 30 Dec 2008 by Zoness
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Hello everyone,

I have stumbled across a problem. Awhile back I bought a stock computer (blah) a Gateway GT5662 with an AMD Pheonom 9500 Quad-Core processor. I am trying to get the most out of this processor but under windows XP the fan is uncontrollably loud when I try to run BOINC over 30% usage....100% sounds like your average hurricane.

How can I make my fan run a constant, lower speed?

I was recommended to SpeedFan and I cannot seem to figure out how to make it work properly...it seems to have done nothing for the machine. Please help! Or I will be stuck crunching at a rate slower than my old CPU!

Many thanks.




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