Overheating issues in XP on Macbook Pro While gaming

Isn't there a programme that will control the fans in XP?

speedfan.

i always used i9kfangui, but that was for dells only i believe.


also look at Notebook Hardware Control. thats one of the best if not the best.

If throttling the CPU back does nothing, I'm thinking it might be mainly graphics card related :\

I would like to find a application to control the fan speed for my Macbook Pro while in windows. Fan Control is working great in OSX, but I cannot find a fan control application that works in Windows XP. I have tried I8kfangui, speedfan, rivatuner, notebook hardware control, etc. None work with the Macbook Pro. Having fan speed control in windows XP will really make a difference. Thanks a lot!

try putting the laptop up on a Pacific Breeze

http://www.amazon.com/PacificBreeze-...1997134&sr=8-4

I would also be interested in a fan control utility, I haven't found one yet either.

where exactly are you playing at? desk? couch? bed?

I too have been looking for an app that will control the speed of the fans on a MBP in Windows and still have yet to find one.

Temporary solution:
If you run SMC Fan Control in OSX set up the desired fan speeds then reboot your mac into Windows, the fan speeds will remain at that speed. The fan speeds won't remain if you turn off your mac and boot directly into Windows.

Jeff

still looking

i have MBP cd 2.00 and still can't find good fan controller in XP for da MBP. In os x it;s my ati graphic card that is running too hot. i figure this out by playing the the right vs left fans. of course the cpu will heat up the laptop all by it self. but it's my graphics chip cranking hot. i have to keep it below 55deg to be stable and under 50deg is best (even if i let the cpu go all the way to 80-100 deg C).

so far:

WORKING
fancontrol or smcfancontrol, set min fan speed to 3k or more
bootchamp into windows

NOT really helping
i have fanspeed and speedstep but they don't seem to make a big enough difference.

hope this helps someone

There are three causes of laptop overheating, have a look, may be they can hlep you:

Physical Causes of Laptop Overheating
For a properly designed laptop, the most common cause of overheating is blocked air vents. When dust blocks the fans and air vents designed to cool your laptop, overheating results. (In some cases, blocked vents and poor design are related, as some designs are excessively prone to becoming clogged with dust).

Software Causes of Laptop Overheating
In other cases, laptops overheat because the software designed to protect the laptop – specifically by controlling the operation of cooling fans – does not work properly. In some cases, this is due to problems in the computer’s BIOS, and can be cured by upgrading to the most recent BIOS. In other cases, upgrading or changing the computer’s operating system can cause this software to not function.

If, for example, you have upgraded from Windows ME to Windows XP, the system software designed to operate the fans may no longer work properly. (What’s worse, the laptop manufacturer may refuse to provide support in this instance, on the grounds that you changed the operating system and so are no longer operating the system as it was designed to operate.) In other cases, replacing Windows with Linux has led to this problem if the proper Linux utilities to control laptop cooling were not installed.

Design Causes of Laptop Overheating
In a distressing number of cases, laptop overheating results from poor design by the notebook manufacturers. Some manufacturers cram desktop CPUs into laptop configurations, and do not adequately provide for releasing the heat that these desktop CPUs create. Others simply have failed to provide ventilation and cooling systems appropriate for today’s CPU and video chips, which hold many more transistors than in the past and so generate more heat.

Several class actions have been filed against laptop manufacturers due to overheating laptops, including Toshiba and Dell. Previous class actions have led to settlements under which compensation was awarded to owners of overheating laptops who ran up repair bills trying to get the problem fixed. More class actions related to overheating laptop and notebook computers are reportedly under consideration.

Or the cause could just be that Apple doesn't include the same power management drivers for Windows that they do for Mac. Nevermind that this post is almost three years old now.