topic Re: Sony Vaio VGN FE21M Fan in PCs & Accessories

Sony Vaio VGN FE21M Fan

manosspan — Sat, 04 May 2013 11:20:17 GMT

Hello all!!

I have a sony vaio vgn-fe21m laptop. My cpu temperature is 59-50 celcius.

A few months ago a friend of mine(we don't talk now) changed some settings from windows (not third party application) so the fan will be more quiter. Now I want to control the fan and set it to full speed in order to lower my cpu's temperature a bit more.I don't mind about the noise of the fan.

I remember he did it from windows 7 setting a value. I checked power options in control panel and it is in active mode wich I think means full fan power.

Is it possible to run the fun at high speed all the time or when I want( summer days etc) ?

Thank you

Message was edited by: manosspan

Speed fan reports 2 fans. One running at 2100 rpm and another at 0rpm.

Re: Sony Vaio VGN FE21M Fan

rich912 — Sat, 04 May 2013 12:20:23 GMT

Hi manosspan,

The only thing I can think of is that your friend has altered the thermal control strategy.

Open Vaio Control Center > Power Management > Power Options and experiment with the three settings – ‘Performance’ is probably what you need.

Some models also have CPU fan control available – not sure about this model though. Have a look at this link for more detail.

http://www.docs.sony.com/release/VAIOPwrMgnt_help.pdf

Rich

Re: Sony Vaio VGN FE21M Fan

manosspan — Sun, 05 May 2013 17:53:43 GMT

No cpu fan control.

At 50 celcius fan runs at 2000rpm.When I play a movie goes up to 65 celcius and fan runs at 2800 but it can't cool down my laptop.

Re: Sony Vaio VGN FE21M Fan

rich912 — Sun, 05 May 2013 19:07:50 GMT

The temperatures you report are within normal range for a notebook.

You could try cleaning the cooling vents with canned compressed air to see whether that reduces temperature by a tad.

Rich