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It's nice weather but incredibly hot in the office these days. My laptop didn't stop blowing really hard and I couldn't work with all this noise!
After a few investigations I fell on the i8Kutils with which I configured the fans so they make less frequently noise. that was without counting the weather in because once it starts to get hot the fans run loud often anyway.
My next attempt at it was frequency scaling. I tried a lot of things but didn't succeeded. Still having hot cpu's and noisy fans.
Is there by any chance somebody who has a rooky-level explanation to set this up ? Or maybe frequency scaling doesn't it make sense to try to drop cpu temperatures ... I have no clue.
Check you bios settings, sometimes theres a setting for the fan to run auto or contiunous, if thats the problem. Since you didnt say what sort of processor you have, its hard to tell if thats just the norm (runnin hot), it might be worth it to get the Targus cooling pad, its a usb powered board with fans, might help keep cool air on it, and if it has fans on the bottom it will always keep them clear so they can do their job...
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