The z70va is noisy because the fan is always on...how do you control the fan speed?

Hi,

Im considering getting the Z70Va myself. Can you tell me how loud the fan is? ........ loud enough to be annoying for instance?

Thanks.

On all 3 laptops I have owned the fans spin fast for a couple of seconds when they power on.

As for running the notebook without the CPU fan running, I would not do that...unless you are undervolting it to the max (lowers the temp a good amount) and you are not doing anymore than browsing the web or typing; something not stressing the CPU a lot.

For undervolting: Centrino Hardware Control
Fan control: I9kfangui

Even with the lowest setting at .7 volts the fan is still on. I think asus needs to change the temperature when the fan kicks in.

It depends what Pentium M CPU you have. I think the help guide shows the lowest voltage each CPU can run. You want to have the lowest voltage possible while remianing stable under a full load.

Are you sure it's the CPU fan? From 95+% of the posts I've read about Z70v/Z70va, it's the GPU fan that can actually be heard, and the CPU fan is almost noiseless even if it stays on most of the time.

Yeah, it's the GPU fan that's loud...download Everest Home Edition and Speedfan. Install them, then run Everest, then run Speedfan (you have to run everest first to give Speedfan access to the fans).

That sounds wrong. You shouldn't be able to hear it from 20 feet... I'm not sure about this, ask a reseller - they might be able to better assist you.

Well if its completely quiet I can hear my z71v from 20 feet and it supposedly has a poorer cooling system than the z70va. I think it would be the gpu fan thats on all the time for you guys... thats the fan in the middle. The one on the corner would be the cpu fan.

I own the Z70V (not VA), but I think you are describing the issue I'm having now.

After I updated to the newest Z70V BIOS listed on the Asus support site, the GPU fan (left side of the chassis) has been bothering me a bit.

I've been monitoring with Everest/Speedfan, and it seems that as soon as the GPU ("Remote 2") hits 59C, the fan kicks on to about 52% (~2180 RPM). That's good and fine, because personally this isn't too loud for me and it'll help cool my components. However, the fan will never turn off from that point on: even when the temperatures drops to let's say 53C, the fan will stay on at ~2180 RPM.

Now, I actually sent an email to Asus about this, and here is their cryptic response:

Not very helpful.

I've tried manually forcing the GPU fan to run full blast for several minutes, but I haven't been able to get a low enough temperature to cut off the fan (that is, if such a cutoff temperature even exists).

My only wish now is to find a way to manually set the threshold temperatures if somebody is able to figure out how to do it.

FYI, because I'm undervolting, my CPU fan rarely comes on. Even on the event that it start spinning, the fan will properly stop once the CPU has been cooled sufficiently.

my z70va is not doign any of that sound making. I just received it yesterday (man, it is beautiful) and the only time it is unbearably loud is during the first 2 seconds after you press the power button. Mine is nearly whisper quiet most of the time. There are whispers from the Hitachi (60gig/7200rpm), but it reminds me that it is on. When it is idling, I forget that I left it running.

one interesting thing is that the heat goes down when i'm runnin on battery power (most probably because the processor slows itself down to save power)
but, about your problem, Vancomycin, I have no idea. good luck