NP5792 / 5793 Fan Speed Control

Justin@XoticPC · 01-14-2008, 12:32 PM

Per users of NotebookReviewForum requesting that Sager NP579x (Clevo M570RU) series system to provide full fan speed control.

Sager has made this requests with Clevo over the weekend, and has received the new fan control firmware, version EC 1.00.07Sa.

Hotkey: Fn + 1 (enables the fans to be run at full speed)

Starting today all new sager NP579x series will be shipped with this new firmware version, and Sager customers can request the firmware update from their Sager reseller or directly with sager Techsupport.

Please email your request to Techsupport@sagernotebook.com with your system serial number.

emblazoned · 01-14-2008, 12:40 PM

whoa... sweet. way to go justin! its pretty amazing that the community here was able to effect some kind of change... i'm impressed. =) cheers to NBR too!

kaltmond · 01-14-2008, 12:55 PM

e....correct me if i'm wrong, with full fans comes also quite laut noise, is that what we want?

MegaBUD · 01-14-2008, 01:03 PM

MMmmm yeah thats good ... so i have to call eurocom for that or i can do it at home?

paladin44 · 01-14-2008, 01:04 PM

PLEASE don't shoot the messenger, but this firmware will only allow you to turn your fans on to full speed...it will not allow you to lower the temperature at which they turn on or otherwise control the fan function beyond putting them to full speed.

MegaBUD · 01-14-2008, 01:06 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by paladin44

PLEASE don't shoot the messenger, but this firmware will only allow you to turn your fans on to full speed...it will not allow you to lower the temperature at which they turn on or otherwise control the fan function beyond putting them to full speed.

Oh... mmm... i guess it can wait...

Justin@XoticPC · 01-14-2008, 01:10 PM

This is a Sager release, you would need to call eurocom to check if they are going to provide it.

darkoroje · 01-14-2008, 02:02 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Justin@XoticPC

Per users of NotebookReviewForum requesting that Sager NP579x (Clevo M570RU) series system to provide full fan speed control.

Sager has made this requests with Clevo over the weekend, and has received the new fan control firmware, version EC 1.00.07Sa.

Hotkey: Fn + 1 (enables the fans to be run at full speed)

Starting today all new sager NP579x series will be shipped with this new firmware version, and Sager customers can request the firmware update from their Sager reseller or directly with sager Techsupport.

Please email your request to Techsupport@sagernotebook.com with your system serial number.

Thank you Justin it is good to see feedback from this board reaching Sager and Clevo. Unfortunately what I was hoping for was the ability to reduce, not increase fan speed - they are very loud at high speed.

What would be nice to have is a mode where CPU would be slowed down (using SpeedStep) and the GPU would be underclocked and undervolted, so that less heat would be generated and fans would not have to come on or would operate at lower speed. This would of course reduce the speed of the laptop, but this mode would work fine for browsing or general office work.

Gophn · 01-14-2008, 02:04 PM

yay, about time.... I knew Clevo would do something about this.

Fan Toggles for ALL!!!

FYI: The Fan Toggle will help the noise, in the sense that it will become constant and not annoying (by coming on and off)... as well as help prevent overheating. As it should be for a gaming notebook.

I have my Fan Speed at max during classes, work, or in the library... it is not bothersome to anyone around... since it just becomes apart of the background (by being constant).

Thanks for the info Justin.

paladin44 · 01-14-2008, 02:32 PM

Gophn makes excellent points.

Also, if the fans, when not set to always on, were to come on at a higher temperature then the complaints would shift to the palm rest getting too warm. There just is not a perfect balance that suits everyone.