Looking for Fan Speed control program for a dv6000 series.

[MeiFallentine]

I know they are usually controlled by the bios, well the bios does a crap job at it. Does anyone have software that will allow me to force the fan to 100%? I don't care about the noise, i just don't want to be replacing this motherboard anytime soon.

[CherylG]

Most latest HP BIOS updates set the fan at full speed. Do you have latest posted for your model and still no full speed?

[MeiFallentine]

Using F.42, which is the latest i can find. I don't think it's at 100% it doesn't sound like it is. Want to make sure it's at full speed.

[CherylG]

Some use Speedfan 

[MeiFallentine]

I tried speedfan, it showed the cpu/gpu temps (still kinda high) but no fan controls, or anything fan related, no speed controls either. I'll try the beta version.

[MeiFallentine]

Ya the fan definitely does not run at 100%, and it has the latest bios i can find. And speedfan doesn't seem to have the fan controls for this motherboard. Already i think the heat is the issue, my replacement motherboard has the wifi issue where the adapter doesn't show up, which from what i read, is one of the first signs it's about to go bad. And this is AFTER using high quality thermal paste.

[CherylG]

I use a notebook cooling pad w/fans 99% of the time. Btw, how high are your temps?

[MeiFallentine]

CPU about 60c, gpu has hit 70c a few times.

And this was while installing windows updates, not even something really intensive.

And during this time, the fans were not at 100% speed. The way i know the difference, is if i flash the bios, during the flash process, the fans are indeed at 100% speed and its pretty loud. When it isn't that loud, i know they are going slow.

 These speeds may be fine for intel cpus which naturally withstand higher temps, but amd cpus and non-intel chipsets don't do to well with these temperatures.

I'm guessing the code that controls the fan speed between the 2 chipset types is the same. 

Doesn't help with the solder problem though. Is it just weak/low temp solder?

I hear the bios' are locked so i doubt i can find a modified bios.

Any other suggestions?

I'm currently running Windows XP, theres nothing really about the laptop in it's current state that would give me any reason to run windows 7 (i'm not touching vista)

[CherylG]

Actually AMD cpu's run warmer than Intel. The solder issue has occurred on Intel and AMD machines because it is  the Nvidia graphics that fails due to heat/stress induced  solder breakdown.

My best option is to use a cooling pad, usually keeps my cpu at 38-40 C and Nvidia gpu 55-60 C.

[MeiFallentine]

AMD cpus fail at lower temps than intel cpus. New AMD cpus start failing between 60-65c. Intel cpus at 80-90c, so AMD cpus need more aggressive cooling.

That asside. I probably will use a cooling pad, since they aren't very expensive.

This one looks amusing and comes with a tv tuner, which is probably junk, but should be keep me interested a little while.

 http://www.geeks.com/details.asp?invtid=NB-888-2&cat=FAN

It doesn't solve the problem of the system fan not running at full speed, or have the ability to change it's speed.

Shame prebuilt pc's "including laptops" have such lite bios'.

So few options. If i could, i'd select a more aggressive cooling setting in exchange for battery life, which doesn't really concern me.