other small thing: CPU TurboBoost is really-really aggressive, while doesn't provide fantastic performance increase, I suggest you turn it off, unless you desperately need it.īelow is the link to guide how to turn it off. I just feel obligated to share the solution with all the people who suffer from same problem as I. Set the rules, make it apply rules on startup and there you go! Fresh warm healthy computer!ĭisclaimer: it is not free, but it does have 30 days free trial, so check it out.ĭisclaimer2: I am not associated with Argus Monitor in any way or form. You can also set the same rule for GPU, but that is not rare - MSI Afterburner can do that.

You just start it, go to Mainboard tab and set CPU fan to whatever you feel like (you can set it to fixed amount or set a rule/curve - relation of temperature to fan speed). So, BEHOLD - the first software I found that WORKED - Argus Monitor! Most software (like SpeedFan) can't take control of CPU fans, because motherboard, again, is not particular cooperative.Īfter insane search (including this forum) it seemed like there is no solution - people in all threads just give up and never show up to report they had any success controlling CPU fans. You can try setting your fans with software and this is actually possible for GPU fans (MSI Afterburner or others), but is close to impossible for CPU. Like I said, BIOS in these pre-built motherboards is very restrictive and is even protected against modding. However, you might imagine that working at 100 degrees is not very healthy for your hardware, so many users tried many times to take control of cooling fans and set them to more reasonable speed. That's why you can't really set fan policy in BIOS it's locked and Acer doesn't want us tinkering with it. You could easily get 100 degrees Celsius on your CPU or GPU, while fans will barely rotate at 40% of their full speed, as if everything is fine.Īcer representatives again and again state that everything works as intended and SmartFan is perfectly capable of cooling your system effectively (and I don't judge you guys, you do what you got to do). Most of you (sadly) probably already know that Acer Predator (and others) systems tend to severely overheat, and the 'best' thing is - cooling doesn't seem to really care.

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