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Z71V Noise

post #1 of 12
5/19/05 at 12:05am
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Hmm I though this laptop was quiet, I keep on hearing this fan is it? noise I am on power supply not battery anything I can do to bring down the noise? It is a bit quiter then my desktop but it is there. I have two more notebooks in my house and both of them are much quiter then this one and I heard that this one is very quiet.

I also have this Power 4 Gear Utility which I do not know how to really use and is there any use to it? It is turned on right now, is it causeing the noise or?

Help..

Thank you.
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post #2 of 12
5/19/05 at 7:46pm
I've read in some other threads that updating the BIOS, will help some of the minor problems. If its just the fan on full just because its plugged in, then i guess you'll just have to play around with settings.

Hope this helps, I don't have a z71v, but ive been following the forums, i just poseted since no one else did.
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post #3 of 12
5/19/05 at 10:47pm
i can hear it.. but hmmm it is a lot quieter than all da hot notebooks around.. i wouldn't say its quieter than like sum 3 year old ultraportable tho
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post #4 of 12
5/19/05 at 11:35pm
I barely hear mine when it's plugged in, and not at all when it's on battery unless it's playing a video or something. Even then the noise is negligible.

If it's the fan noise that's bothering you, you could check out the Dothan Undervolting tutorial somewhere on this forum (just do a search for Dothan Undervolting) and follow the steps. I set my voltage to .7v on battery, and 1.1v on ac power. It should lower system temperature and fan activity.
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post #5 of 12
5/20/05 at 12:40am
In Power4Gear, leave the performance setting on "Game". This enables SpeedStep, which will dynamically clock the CPU depending upon the load. The GPU fan will run regardless, but should be barely audible. Heat is also reduced considerabley when using this setting.

Undervolting is a good thing you can do, but I would look into underclocking the GPU unless you are planning to fire up a game. You can actually do this within the Nvidia driver settings, and doesn't require additional software. This will further reduce the heat, and your fans shouldn't come on very much, if at all.

I had a slight issue with the fans not being tightened down all the way, which led to some additional fan noise. Check your screws (but don't overtighten them!) and see if that helps at all.

Kai
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post #6 of 12
5/20/05 at 1:19am
Is it possible to replace orignal NVidia GPU fan with something less loud?
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post #7 of 12
5/20/05 at 2:59am
lol people think this thing is "loud" try a 5680 or better yet the 9880 if you think this thing is loud. To me this thing is as quiet as a church mouse... perhaps less. YOu cant expect this thing to be slient all the time. Fans are there for a reason to keep things cool, if they werent you would have some major issues and overheating a laptop is not good. I'll rather hear fans then have my sys overheat because of a quiet hum that u cant hear anyway if u play any sort of music/movie or whatever.
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post #8 of 12
5/20/05 at 3:44pm
Thread Starter 
Well I'll keep in mind the voltage thing but I kind of got used to the noise.

:-)
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post #9 of 12
6/14/05 at 6:11pm
I've been reading a lot about everything, as I've said before, and something kind of bothers me. No offence to anyone, this could be a lack of knowledge on my side, but a laptop with a fast CPU, a decent GPU, and a small(ish) size is going to be either a)hot, or b)noisy.
Correct me if I'm wrong... but are there any laptops that fall into this speed/size catagory that are both cool and quiet? I can't see how all these laptop companies are simply choosing to not install some sort of god-send technology that keeps these things cool and quiet...
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post #10 of 12
6/14/05 at 7:01pm
the Z71v is a good combination of both. Asus gets around it a bit by underclocking the GPU slightly and undervolting the CPU slightly off manufacturer's specs, which cuts down the heat and noise. It also has most of the heat-producing stuff away from where you would notice it, so that's a bonus, too. It does get warm on the bottom after a couple hours, but it's much better than most of the laptops out there with similar specs/size. Another thing is that Asus makes most of the notebook themselves, so they can integrate evereything more seamlessly than others. Overall, it's pretty impressive.
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post #11 of 12
6/14/05 at 7:51pm
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Originally Posted by Dimon aggie
Is it possible to replace orignal NVidia GPU fan with something less loud?
Hmm good question, i don't know.

I want to replace with something more of a better headsink...

Keep in mind the FAN you see not only cool the GPU, but also cool the Intel Alviso chipset. The FAN is actual DIRECTLY baove the Intel Alviso chipset, not the GPU heheeh
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post #12 of 12
6/14/05 at 8:20pm
gettin the z71v nice copper heatsinks will be pretty good..
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