Thinkpad Fan Control for Switchable Graphics
Posted: Fri Jan 09, 2009 9:20 am
Just to let everyone know, I worked with Troubadix to get the TPFanControl program working with switchable graphics. It can be found here:
http://www.staff.uni-marburg.de/~schmitzr/donate.html
The program is actually much better than the BIOS fan control. You can configure it to actually run the fan at max speed once it hits a certain temperature. So like the fan control in linux, you can now run it full tilt when you're playing a game or such. The BIOS fan control maxes out at level 7 which is about 3500 rpm. There does exist a level 64 which is no throttling and it will run about 5200 rpm. It is very audible at this range, but if you are playing a game or such, you won't notice it, and it will bring the temps down from 198 Fahrenheit down to 170 when heavily pushing the video and proc. This was tested playing a very heavy duty graphics game. My TPFanControl.ini file looks like this (comments and blank lines removed):
Active=2
ProcessPriority=2
NoBallons=0
Cycle=2
NoExtSensor=0
StartMinimized=1
IconCycle=1
ShowTempIcon=1
SecWinUptime=120
SecStartDelay=60
IconLevels=120 140 160
FanBeep=0 0
MaxReadErrors= 10
Log2File=0
Log2csv=0
IgnoreSensors=no5
SensorName5=no5
ShowAll=0
Level=95 0
Level=100 1
Level=105 2
Level=115 3
Level=120 4
Level=130 5
Level=140 6
Level=150 7
Level=170 64
ManModeExit=140
IconColorFan=1
Lev64Norm=1
My file is configured for Fahrenheit because I'm in the US and we are still locked into the past here.
http://www.staff.uni-marburg.de/~schmitzr/donate.html
The program is actually much better than the BIOS fan control. You can configure it to actually run the fan at max speed once it hits a certain temperature. So like the fan control in linux, you can now run it full tilt when you're playing a game or such. The BIOS fan control maxes out at level 7 which is about 3500 rpm. There does exist a level 64 which is no throttling and it will run about 5200 rpm. It is very audible at this range, but if you are playing a game or such, you won't notice it, and it will bring the temps down from 198 Fahrenheit down to 170 when heavily pushing the video and proc. This was tested playing a very heavy duty graphics game. My TPFanControl.ini file looks like this (comments and blank lines removed):
Active=2
ProcessPriority=2
NoBallons=0
Cycle=2
NoExtSensor=0
StartMinimized=1
IconCycle=1
ShowTempIcon=1
SecWinUptime=120
SecStartDelay=60
IconLevels=120 140 160
FanBeep=0 0
MaxReadErrors= 10
Log2File=0
Log2csv=0
IgnoreSensors=no5
SensorName5=no5
ShowAll=0
Level=95 0
Level=100 1
Level=105 2
Level=115 3
Level=120 4
Level=130 5
Level=140 6
Level=150 7
Level=170 64
ManModeExit=140
IconColorFan=1
Lev64Norm=1
My file is configured for Fahrenheit because I'm in the US and we are still locked into the past here.
