Omen 15 2020 - Too much fan noise on idle

[Nikkos92]

What a lucky Guy.

The problem is that Hp do not care about their customers. They do not provide any updated version of the Bios.

If you contact the support team, they as you to send the computer back. 

[kp2345]

I've also got the same problem here Omen 15 Ryzen 4800H gtx 2060, annoyingly audible fan noise at idle with all temps below 40C Do I need to sit outside in the snow to use this laptop silently?

[Yan-Solo]

Hi, Omen Gaming Hub software seem buggy because when you uninstall it (or remove HP service) from windows, fans are very quiet now. I will write batch script to enable or disable HP service to control fan speed by disabling these. With this your computer will ne very quiet because fan dosent turn on until CPU temp reach about 60°C. Watching YouTube or typing text its now great ... but HP engeneer  need to fix it !! It's shame !

[kp2345]

I found a workaround for this issue using nbfc

https://h30434.www3.hp.com/t5/Gaming-Notebooks/OMEN-15-left-fan-always-on-what-is-wrong-with-this-co...

I also have the zenpower module enabled in linux, so it required recompiling nbfc with this workaround https://github.com/hirschmann/nbfc/issues/1096#issuecomment-801477819

[WOSS]

@kp2345, many thanks for the hint, I was looking for a nbfc profile since months!!!!  I just installed and loaded omen15 profile, my fans just got quiet!!

[Nikkos92]

Hi,

I installed NoteBook FanControl. But Fan control service status chages automatically every second from Disabled to Read-Only to Disabled and so on.

It is a normal behaviour ? 

[Nikkos92]

Apparently the service NbfcService.exe cannot start. It keeps starting, crashing

Le service NoteBook FanControl Service s’est terminé de manière inattendue. Ceci s’est produit 1 fois. L’action corrective suivante va être effectuée dans 0 millisecondes : Redémarrer le service.

Nom de l’application défaillante NbfcService.exe, version : 1.6.3.0, horodatage : 0x5cb39b68
Nom du module défaillant : KERNELBASE.dll, version : 10.0.19041.906, horodatage : 0x2f2f77bf
Code d’exception : 0xe0434352
Décalage d’erreur : 0x0000000000034b59
ID du processus défaillant : 0x1310
Heure de début de l’application défaillante : 0x01d739d07ede11cd
Chemin d’accès de l’application défaillante : C:\Program Files (x86)\NoteBook FanControl\NbfcService.exe
Chemin d’accès du module défaillant: C:\WINDOWS\System32\KERNELBASE.dll
ID de rapport : cf3b1eb2-f2de-4afb-9595-14d340c2ca8e
Nom complet du package défaillant :
ID de l’application relative au package défaillant :

apparently I am not the only one :

https://github.com/hirschmann/nbfc/issues/1085

[WOSS]

@Nikkos92, no issues on my omen15, take a look at the Visual C++ versions and eventually try to update/downgrade them

here my situation:

https://ibb.co/FX8zpZ4

[Nikkos92]

thanks for your reply.

What exact model do you have?  I will try to upgrade my Visual C++

[WOSS]

@Nikkos92, my model is 

OMEN Laptop 15-en0009nl(242W6EA)