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Fan blows hard, then pauses, blows hard, then pauses?

post #1 of 9
6/1/08 at 12:18pm
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I am using I8kfangui, and it makes it so my GPU and CPU NEVER hit past 80c. However, when the fan goes full blast, it does so and then pauses for a split second, then starts back up, etc. I heard this is because of the BIOS not allowing it to stay full blast constantly. Does this hurt my fan? And can I stop this? Thanks.
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post #2 of 9
6/1/08 at 1:35pm
It's fighting your BIOS, nothing you can do about it.
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post #3 of 9
6/1/08 at 2:31pm
Yup, get used to it!

**spaceballs - MEGA MAID HAS WENT FROM SUCK TO BLOW!**

... it drives me crazy too. I just got an antec wedge cooler instead. I don't even use the i8k fan controls with this new lappy.
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post #4 of 9
6/1/08 at 7:48pm
You have to seting the timer down to 50ms. I don't have my lappy with me, but if you set below 50ms, and it helps.
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post #5 of 9
6/2/08 at 12:56am
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Originally Posted by KraxKill View Post
It's fighting your BIOS, nothing you can do about it.
Not true.

Silversaver is correct. You need to change the "fan setting enforcement" in the "display options" tab of the main option page.

Try changing it to around 50ms and see how you go...that's where I have mine set at.
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post #6 of 9
6/11/08 at 3:29pm
You could also make sure that you don't have i8k set to turn the fan on AND off at the same temperature, have the reset set to about 10 degrees lower difference.
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post #7 of 9
6/11/08 at 6:12pm
i8k won't let you do that, it gives a warning and doesnt let you keep those settings.
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post #8 of 9
6/13/08 at 4:06am
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Originally Posted by Silversaver View Post
You have to seting the timer down to 50ms. I don't have my lappy with me, but if you set below 50ms, and it helps.
That's what I do, but for some reason, you take a small performance hit. I ran SuperPI and it gave me a 2 second difference beween the 2 fan settings.
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post #9 of 9
6/13/08 at 6:02am
Yea...that's been discussed quite a few times with those settings impacting performance...more so when the 9300/9400 were mainstream.
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