i just picked up a tx2xp to replace my tr1 and the fan noise is very very loud. ive tried fooling around with the settings in power management for cpu fan control but i believe the tx2 doesnt have a cpu fan - just a case fan. is there some way i can control this? its driving me mad going from a tr1 which you can barely hear to this jet engine!
I feel your pain… I own a T350 myself and I was suprised how loud is the TX1. Now you are the second person who complains about the noise that si coming out of the TX2. I don’t know what to say… My T registers 18dB compared to my desktop which is 40dB (water) and my server at 51dB
i believe the winxp acpi drivers control it but there doesnt seem to be a way to alter the speed it starts at - i read somewhere else that there are some advanced acpi drivers that let you modify this setting but i cant find them anywhere.
the only other solution i can see is with notebook hardware controls next version which supposedly will have acpi fan control working in it; aside from that all i can think of is to open the damn thing up and see if the fan can be changed to something quieter. i dont realy want to do this though considering ijust bought the damn thing yesterday.
id return it but there are no other laptops to get, the t1 aint on sale here anymore and my tr1 is bust. dont fancy going the 2nd hand route so it looks like im stuck with this turbine.
[quote author=“zarekr”]i believe the winxp acpi drivers control it but there doesnt seem to be a way to alter the speed it starts at - i read somewhere else that there are some advanced acpi drivers that let you modify this setting but i cant find them anywhere.
the only other solution i can see is with notebook hardware controls next version which supposedly will have acpi fan control working in it; aside from that all i can think of is to open the damn thing up and see if the fan can be changed to something quieter. i dont realy want to do this though considering ijust bought the damn thing yesterday.
id return it but there are no other laptops to get, the t1 aint on sale here anymore and my tr1 is bust. dont fancy going the 2nd hand route so it looks like im stuck with this turbine.
Get a T off ebay/amazon. You will solve all your problems.
im strongly considering opening the tx2 up and doing one of 2 things:
1. replacing the fan with the one from the tr1 - any idea if this will work?
2. disconnecting the damn thing altogether. it seems to only come on when the cpu hits 60c - with 100% cpu usage @ 1.2ghz the hottest ive seen it get is 73c. i know this is pretty high but i dont use much of the processing power on the machine and if i did it wouldnt stay at this level for particularly long. i was considering disconnecting it then running the machine for a while to see how well it holds up - obviously i can shut it down and reconnect the fan if the temps are getting too high.
the noise is absolutely the most irritating thing ive ever heard, i would return this if there was some other alternative (im not feeling the fujitsu) and a t2 is out of the question because its a company machine and i cant buy 2nd hand goods -nobody has them in stock here anymore new.
[quote author=“gilberto”]These are very bad ideas.
The TR fan wont fit for sure, although you can make it fit, but is it worth it?
Your ‘under load’ theory is flawed. Download PRIME95 and do a 1h run of the In-Place large FFTs torture test . Your TX will easily go to 82-83C. At least the 3 TXs I’ve tested went that far, while the T goes to 56C max.
The good side is that you will no longer need a pan for your becon and eggs…
The only problem with prime is how often are you going to have your CPU at 100% for an hour outside of encoding or rendering…and if you’re doing either of those, he TX is most likely not the best unit for you anyway.
I fully support the use of prime on systems that plan to be taxed, but not on notebooks, i think it’s unrealistic.
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The prime95 gives you a rough idea how hot the laptop can get under a maximum load, I am not suggesting to prime it for stability.
Correct, and I’m saying it’s unrealstic because a notebook should never reach those levels outside of encoding or rendering, which you shouldn’t be doing on this type of system.
lubricant isnt going to help, its not rattling. its just a noisy fan which kicks in at 60c, which is stupid because the tx2’s idle temp is usually around 59-60, meaning it comes on and off every 3 seconds. im seriously considering opening it and seeing if i can tinker with anything to shut it up.
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The prime95 gives you a rough idea how hot the laptop can get under a maximum load, I am not suggesting to prime it for stability.
Correct, and I’m saying it’s unrealstic because a notebook should never reach those levels outside of encoding or rendering, which you shouldn’t be doing on this type of system.
Erik
I disagree. You are being very subjective. There are bunch of people who use their ultraportables for photo editing etc. I recompile my kernel every month, so there is some load….
Photo editing won’t put the CPU @ 100% for 1 hour straight…as far as you setting up a recompile, well that’s along the lines of rendering where it’s CPU intensive…I’d say most users don’t do that.
Just a weird anecdote…for certain poorly programmed Windows applications, an acknowledgement dialog box (one of those ones that say “OK” or “CANCEL”) that forces itself topmost can force the CPU into a high load situation. If you don’t pick an option and let it sit there you can watch your CPU temps rise like crazy. Bad programmers!
I’ve seen a couple of these and curse at them every time I see one!
anyone know what the likelihood is of sony releasing a bios update that lets you alter the fan activation temperature? is there any software that can do this? nhc i supposed to be able to but the current version only works with asus/samsung laptops - isnt there any other software that can do it?
