loud fan

"David A. Lessnau" wrote:

> A good site for all things related to quieting a loud computer is:
>
> http://www.silentpcreview.com
>
> You should be able to find all kinds of good advice there.
>

My concern is that it never did this under XP64pro, it only started after
installing Vista. I have even tried disabling all the Areo features but no
improvement.

"jartherton" <jartherton@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:30B385B1-E16A-43A7-BB71-DA715FBF077B@microsoft.com...

>I just upgraded from XP64pro to Vista 64bit and now my computer fan
>(Graphics
> I think) run a lot more than it used to. I have Core2duo extreme with 4GB
> RAM
> and X1950 GPU 512MB. Is there any way to reduce the fan speed, I checked
> temperature and it is not overheating.
>

I'm thinking a driver issue.
You loaded different drivers for your video card when you installed Vista,
either from the Vista DVD of from the video card maker. Try checking out
forums and/or newsgroups for your video card and see what they are saying.

"jartherton" wrote:

> I just upgraded from XP64pro to Vista 64bit and now my computer fan (Graphics
> I think) run a lot more than it used to. I have Core2duo extreme with 4GB RAM
> and X1950 GPU 512MB. Is there any way to reduce the fan speed, I checked
> temperature and it is not overheating.
>

I had the same problem it turns out i had to reinstall the bios for my
7900gt and that fixed it.

Here is my fix. I'm using the 100.65 WHQL 32 driver btw. I have a 7600 GT

Note: Ntune is not a good workaround. 1. It is meant for Nvidia
motherboards. 2. The fan only remains quiet for a given session, a reboot or
putting the system to sleep and re-awakening returns the fan to full speed.
3. Ntune is buggy with Vista.

Open Power Options/Settings and select Power saver as the plan.
Click on Change plan settings for the Power saver.
In the next window select Change advanced power settings
In the Power Options Advance settings scroll down and expand Processor power
management. For both Minimum processor state and Maximum processor state set
both to 100%. Click ok Save changes. Note: It may take a minute or 2 for the
graphics card fan to go off after performing these steps.

This is working flawlessly for me so far. Hope this helps everyone else and
spread the word if it does! I know a lot of people are annoyed by this bug
until a real fix comes from Nvidia.

"jartherton" wrote:

> I just upgraded from XP64pro to Vista 64bit and now my computer fan (Graphics
> I think) run a lot more than it used to. I have Core2duo extreme with 4GB RAM
> and X1950 GPU 512MB. Is there any way to reduce the fan speed, I checked
> temperature and it is not overheating.
>