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Does i8kfangui work with dual-core systems yet?

post #1 of 18
7/14/06 at 11:15am
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I 've tried it in the past, and it has this nasty habit of switching off my fans at random, until they kick back on at a much higher temperature than I'd like. Has this been fixed, or is there a workaround?

Thanks!
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post #2 of 18
7/14/06 at 11:23am
Yeah they don't seem to switch off any more and are working pretty well with the 1710. The only thing I notice is stuttering from time to time for a fraction of a second when the fan goes to down throttle, but then comes right back up.
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post #3 of 18
7/14/06 at 12:58pm
Works fine with my 1710 as well.
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post #4 of 18
7/14/06 at 8:03pm
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Originally Posted by brownstone
Yeah they don't seem to switch off any more and are working pretty well with the 1710. The only thing I notice is stuttering from time to time for a fraction of a second when the fan goes to down throttle, but then comes right back up.

same here.................
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post #5 of 18
7/14/06 at 8:18pm
I get the stuttering too. Nobody seems to have a solution to it.
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post #6 of 18
7/14/06 at 8:25pm
Yeah it would be nice if someone could find a fix. Even without a fix this lappy is staying really cool thx to i8kfangui. My card is idle at 49C with both fans on slow. Should be fun overclocking this 1710 when the game Crysis comes out lol.
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post #7 of 18
7/15/06 at 12:00am
On my 1705, the sumbitches just stay on max the whole time, can't turn them off. They cool well, but I had to do a restart to get them to go back to normal. Nice to have for gaming and video encoding.
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post #8 of 18
7/15/06 at 12:39am
I8 definitely better than I9

The temps are about 8 degrees lower than what the BIOS reports
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post #9 of 18
7/15/06 at 3:12am
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Well I installed i8kfangui V3.0 beta 5, and it still turns off my fans, as it has now done so. Both the CPU and GPU are now off, and are heating up. The Dell bios kicks them in after they heat up too much, but this program really bites. You'd a think a fan program with this many versions would be able to keep your fans on by now. I even have a tick in "Maintain minimum fan speed."
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post #10 of 18
7/15/06 at 3:48pm
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I just can't seem to be able to make the fans stay high between 60-50C etc on my GPU, or 50-40 on my CPU, etc. The settings just don't seem to work. Any advice anyone?
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post #11 of 18
7/15/06 at 4:46pm
Well here are my settings which you can look at. These appear to work on my 1710.



Maybe take it out of 'Observer Mode', enter similar settings to me. Make sure 'Autostart' with windows is on, then reboot.
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post #12 of 18
7/15/06 at 5:38pm
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Thanks for the help. I'm just going to leave it in Observer mode (since I like the monitoring) but not have any fan modifications. The Dell bios does it fine anyway it seems to me.
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post #13 of 18
7/16/06 at 9:56am
It doesn't work correctly, but why bother to use it? I don't think it is necessary...
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post #14 of 18
7/16/06 at 10:03am
Well it does work, it just has some issues like stuttering on high speeds.

Without the program my 2 fans bootup in the off position. The card will idle in the high 50's and sometimes 60's. They don't appear to turn on untill I game etc.

With i8kfangui and both fans booting up in slow mode, my card idles st 49, and sound isn't band at all. Now even if the card idles at 70 without i8kfangui its not a big issue.

When games like Crysis come out and ppl want to overclock, I would rather have my card overclocked and cool.
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post #15 of 18
7/16/06 at 10:14am
well.... I oc the card with the fan control program... nothing worg..
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post #16 of 18
7/16/06 at 2:01pm
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I'm now using your settings, and they appear, so far, to work just fine. Thank you. I do agree with you that the Dell bios doesn't turn the fans on soon enough. My GPU was idling at 65C, and now it's at 41C with the fans on low.

Thanks.

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Originally Posted by brownstone
Well it does work, it just has some issues like stuttering on high speeds.

Without the program my 2 fans bootup in the off position. The card will idle in the high 50's and sometimes 60's. They don't appear to turn on untill I game etc.

With i8kfangui and both fans booting up in slow mode, my card idles st 49, and sound isn't band at all. Now even if the card idles at 70 without i8kfangui its not a big issue.

When games like Crysis come out and ppl want to overclock, I would rather have my card overclocked and cool.
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post #17 of 18
7/16/06 at 2:29pm
question, how do u guys OC the 7900gs? what program do you guys use? I8fangui reads the GPU temp at 129F(54C), is this normal? any my CPU load is at 34%, is this normal too?
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post #18 of 18
7/28/06 at 3:44pm
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Originally Posted by sooner06
question, how do u guys OC the 7900gs? what program do you guys use? I8fangui reads the GPU temp at 129F(54C), is this normal? any my CPU load is at 34%, is this normal too?

Can't answer that question for you. There are a lot of threads with help on that.

I still think i8kfangui doesn't work correctly. Periodically the fans both just shut off. I even decided to forego the whole thing and just leave it set to "maintain minimum fan speed" and EVEN THEN the fans still periodically turn off.

Any ideas?
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