How do I control the GPU fan of the Asus G73?

[CyberGuy]

I want to control the speed of the GPU fan speed. How do I do it?

[powerpack]

Not sure you can.

[Fingersniffer]

You can try speedfan or the AMD GPU Clock Tool but I don't think either of them allow speed control in the newest ATI series, Speedfan isnt new enough to fully support the GPU yet. That being said I doubt the GPU has its own fan, I think its simply mounted to a heatsink like the CPU and the internal fans pull air over the heatsink to cool the laptop.

And I'll be honest, you should really leave the fan speeds alone, they are set for certain speeds at certain loads for a reason and by taking them off auto you will reduce the lifespan of the fan.

[CyberGuy]

I just think that the Asus G73 is not as quiet as I thought. It was quiet until it loads into the desktop screen. For some reason, after I get to the desktop screen after a cold fresh boot up, the fan on the right hand side speeds up and it becomes a louder humming noise.

I can understand the higher speed when I am gaming but I am just sitting idle at the desktop screen and I can already hear the higher speed fan.

FYI: I did a fresh format and install of the Window 7 64-bit system and installed the major drivers from the Asus DVD but I installed the latest ATI driver from the ATI/AMD site.

[powerpack]

No Joke. What would you want? Unplug the fan? Fan noise? You guys actually talk about? How about no fan noise, do the math. Fans are fans what do you think can be done? Yea nothing big guys! I can remove your fans no charge. When your system crashes in a day do not call me.

[Fingersniffer]

I have no idea what fan noise your talking about, the only time I can hear my G73 is if I am in complete silence and I actually try and listen for something, and usually I have to put my head almost on the laptop to hear anything at all.

I think you might have:
1. A fan that just might be a little louder
2. A fan that could be failing (it happens, but very rarely)
3. An over-dramatic explanation of the fan noise

But again I say the GPU does NOT have a dedicated fan on it like a desktop GPU card.

I am running the most current version of Everest Ultimate 5.50 and it supports full monitoring of the G73 components (CPU, GPU, HD etc) the GPU does not register a fan of its own.

[choyj]

I just think that the Asus G73 is not as quiet as I thought. It was quiet until it loads into the desktop screen. For some reason, after I get to the desktop screen after a cold fresh boot up, the fan on the right hand side speeds up and it becomes a louder humming noise.

I have heard that the G73s are pretty quiet. Perhaps you have an improperly installed or a slightly defective fan. Maybe you can make a recording and send it up so that other G73 owners can either say "that sounds normal" or "that's not what mine sounds like"

[UntilMoraleImproves]

I just think that the Asus G73 is not as quiet as I thought. It was quiet until it loads into the desktop screen. For some reason, after I get to the desktop screen after a cold fresh boot up, the fan on the right hand side speeds up and it becomes a louder humming noise.

I can understand the higher speed when I am gaming but I am just sitting idle at the desktop screen and I can already hear the higher speed fan.

FYI: I did a fresh format and install of the Window 7 64-bit system and installed the major drivers from the Asus DVD but I installed the latest ATI driver from the ATI/AMD site.

My G73 doesn't make a peep until I load a demanding game. At that point, the fans, especially the left one (where the GPU is) gets cranking. My cooler should be here next week. I'll let you know what kind of an impact it makes. I think you might have an issue if you can hear it when you aren't doing anything intensive.

[powerpack]

CyberGuy I wanna be real clear if the noise bothers you you do not want to restrict the fans. Can you say thermal breakdown?

[drremi]

CyberGuy I wanna be real clear if the noise bothers you you do not want to restrict the fans. Can you say thermal breakdown?

PP...your bad!:p
Maybe he should lift the keyboard and see if he can stop the fan for a brief moment and see if that's the problem! :D

[PulsatingQuasar]

Hi, I'm from the Netherlands and just got my G73JH from a local dealer and have the same complaint. Right after the notebook has booted and is in Windows the fan on the right side starts running at a volume level that is higher than the harddisks. This is much louder than the fan on the left side. When the system is idle and the fan does turn on at the left side it has a very low volume. The right hand side fan is 3 or 4 steps louder and never ever is at the same volume level as the left side.

With everyone saying this laptop is silent untill you actually do something I think something is wrong otherwise the selling point of this laptop and all the reviews are wrong and it's not silent at all. My Dell XPS M1710 actually is silent idle. Only when you do something the harddisk isn't the most audible component anymore.

[PulsatingQuasar]

@FingerSniffer

Could you listen to the air vents on the left and right side for a moment when idle and listen if you can hear a difference?

When my fan on the left side comes on it has a very low volume. When the fan on the right side comes on it is much higher than that.

[singleshot71]

I've been playing games on mine for awhile now. My fans run quiet and the whole unit never gets hot. It will get a little warm, but barely. I play MW2,Supreme Comander 2, Crysis(all 3) I have never heard the fans running. Matter of fact I have to put my hand behind there to see if it is moving air out. You may need to reapply thermal compound to yours and check the fans to see if they are seated properly.

[powerpack]

Puls is sounding like your unit might have issue?

[Fingersniffer]

@FingerSniffer

Could you listen to the air vents on the left and right side for a moment when idle and listen if you can hear a difference?

When my fan on the left side comes on it has a very low volume. When the fan on the right side comes on it is much higher than that.

As I already stated, I start my system up and I hear nothing. The ONLY time I barely hear my fans is when I'm playing a game for a little while and the fans spin up to move out the hot air.

I literally have to be sitting in utter silence with my head almost on the keyboard to hear my fans when idle.

[Braeyn]

My g73 is very quiet. I can't even really hear the fans. Oh and I have it on a cooler as well. And as of yet even in 4-5 hours of straight intensive gaming I have yet to crack 69 degrees... It's been phenominal.

[PulsatingQuasar]

Did a little test with the AMD GPU Clock Tool

So at the battery saving level of 300 MHz core and 1000 MHz memory the fan is running quite somewhat. The idle temperature is then 56 celcius. I used the AMD GPU Clock tool to set the clocks to 200 MHz core and 300 MHz memory.

The temperature slowly dropped but at 48 celcius it took a long time for the fan to go off. And then it doesn't throttle down to the sound level of the left fan but goes off. From audible to nothing. And starts again at 52 celcius. Audible and certainly not at the sound level of the left fan.

What is really weird is that if I cold boot the machine after being off for a while so all components are cold this on/off point is at 52 and 54 celcius.

So it does really look like my cooling system is busted.

[Fingersniffer]

The fans in your laptop are not really meant to "turn off". You don't seem to understand that there is more inside your laptop that generates heat other than the GPU, and by trying to disable the fan you run the risk of burning up your entire system.

I honestly don't think anything is wrong with your system at all, maybe you just got a fan that's a little louder than others but if all your temps are staying within specified temps for the machine then nothing is wrong, and its doubtful that ASUS would even bother to RMA it if its not overheating or causing issues.

[PulsatingQuasar]

The fans in your laptop are not really meant to "turn off". You don't seem to understand that there is more inside your laptop that generates heat other than the GPU, and by trying to disable the fan you run the risk of burning up your entire system.

I honestly don't think anything is wrong with your system at all, maybe you just got a fan that's a little louder than others but if all your temps are staying within specified temps for the machine then nothing is wrong, and its doubtful that ASUS would even bother to RMA it if its not overheating or causing issues.

I know they are not supposed to turn off all the time. But at idle the left fan runs 50% of the time and the time it does run it is virtually silent. If the right fan comes to the point it doesn't have to run it is either off or has a much higher volume level. That is strange. Why doesn't it behave like the left fan and run at a lower volume level?

[UntilMoraleImproves]

I know they are not supposed to turn off all the time. But at idle the left fan runs 50% of the time and the time it does run it is virtually silent. If the right fan comes to the point it doesn't have to run it is either off or has a much higher volume level. That is strange. Why doesn't it behave like the left fan and run at a lower volume level?

The left fan covers the CPU and the Intel chip is clearly not creating as much heat as the GPU which is on the right. I've been checking both sides at idle and while doing intense gaming. The left fan never gets going much in either state and the air coming out of the left side is never very warm. The right side is cool when doing normal tasks but when I'm maxing out games, it is cranking out a good amount of hot air. My cooler will be here on Wednesday and I think that will make all of the difference. I'm really not surprised that the 5870 runs hot.

[PulsatingQuasar]

Hmmmm......well, maybe my hearing is just tuned to noise at that level. Called Asus today and they said the fan sound shouldn't really be audible if you are not doing anything.

Maybe it's just my hearing. People say they barely can hear anything untill they get close with their ears to the keyboard. I don't experience that either. I can clearly hear the 2 harddisks in the front when I switch on the laptop before the right fan kicks in. I don't even have to get close.

Even now with the TV on at normal sound level and with my desktop PC which did have some sound reducing measure I can still clearly hear the fan from the laptop.

[UntilMoraleImproves]

Hmmmm......well, maybe my hearing is just tuned to noise at that level. Called Asus today and they said the fan sound shouldn't really be audible if you are not doing anything.

Maybe it's just my hearing. People say they barely can hear anything untill they get close with their ears to the keyboard. I don't experience that either. I can clearly hear the 2 harddisks in the front when I switch on the laptop before the right fan kicks in. I don't even have to get close.

Even now with the TV on at normal sound level and with my desktop PC which did have some sound reducing measure I can still clearly hear the fan from the laptop.

Well, I never hear my HDD spin but it is a secondary drive for me. I have my OS on an SSD which of course, makes no noise. Try it out with a cooler and see if the fans slow down. Also, have you tried monitoring your temps? Maybe your system is running hot for some reason and should go back for an RMA.

[PulsatingQuasar]

When I have the Radeon on 700 MHz Core and I cold boot it will eventually hit 60 celcius. When I come back from gaming it will also evetually hit 60 but will stick a long time at 62.

I have run Furmark for about 20 minutes and then it it's 100 degrees. You can hear the fan crank up to it's highest level when it hits 100.

But yeah idle is about 60 for 700 MHz and 56 for 300 MHz.

[PulsatingQuasar]

Thank god. At notebookreview.com severall people have just said they experience the same noise levels as I do. Audible fan a few meters away.

I thought I was going nuts.

[powerpack]

NBR people are overall nuts so not sure if you are ahead of the game. I mean Chaz thinks he is a storm trooper?

[wernerml]

:mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad: :mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad: :mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad: :mad:
I have an ASUS G73SW-BST6

I live in Brasil... so I have a MUCH BIGGER problem.... the warranty is valid only there in USA...

I opened my laptop, REPASTED, with Arctic Silver 5, did ALL things correctly, JUST TO FIND OUT THAT ----->>> THE GPU FAN WAS BLOCKED!!!!!!

acctually, I have the notebook for 3 months... and it was working FINE before... I used to play for hours, and a couple of times I checked the temperature, and it was FINE... like, 10 HOURS PLAYING it wouldn't go over 67, 70º C.....

NOW, all of a sudden, IT's GETTING 90 with 10 minutes playing... THE FAN SIMPLY STOPPED WORKING!!! WHY???? its NOT DUST, IM SURE! VERY SURE!...


NOW, here in BRASIL there ISN'T, simply, ISN'T anything that FITS this motherboard... NO COOLER FAN is compatible...

I think i'm gonna have to BUY a fan FROM USA... wait for like MONTHS...

very, VERY disappointing... :mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad: :mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad:

[Maverick494]

:mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad: :mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad: :mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad: :mad:
I have an ASUS G73SW-BST6

I live in Brasil... so I have a MUCH BIGGER problem.... the warranty is valid only there in USA...

I opened my laptop, REPASTED, with Arctic Silver 5, did ALL things correctly, JUST TO FIND OUT THAT ----->>> THE GPU FAN WAS BLOCKED!!!!!!

acctually, I have the notebook for 3 months... and it was working FINE before... I used to play for hours, and a couple of times I checked the temperature, and it was FINE... like, 10 HOURS PLAYING it wouldn't go over 67, 70º C.....

NOW, all of a sudden, IT's GETTING 90 with 10 minutes playing... THE FAN SIMPLY STOPPED WORKING!!! WHY???? its NOT DUST, IM SURE! VERY SURE!...


NOW, here in BRASIL there ISN'T, simply, ISN'T anything that FITS this motherboard... NO COOLER FAN is compatible...

I think i'm gonna have to BUY a fan FROM USA... wait for like MONTHS...

very, VERY disappointing... :mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad: :mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad:

SO you dug up a post from over a year ago, on a site you didn't get your unit from, to complain about an issue that is pretty irrelevant to the entire thread.

In addition to that, you repasted the laptop yourself (which voids the Asus warranty BTW), and with that we have no way of knowing what you may have done wrong.

Here is my suggestion:

Contact

FEB REPARO e LOGISTICA LTDA
São João do Araguaia, 276， Barueri, SP, Brazil (Não atendemos garantia global)
+55 11 3251-4777

Ask them about getting a fan for your unit.

[wernerml]

SO you dug up a post from over a year ago, on a site you didn't get your unit from, to complain about an issue that is pretty irrelevant to the entire thread.

In addition to that, you repasted the laptop yourself (which voids the Asus warranty BTW), and with that we have no way of knowing what you may have done wrong.

Here is my suggestion:

Contact

FEB REPARO e LOGISTICA LTDA
São João do Araguaia, 276， Barueri, SP, Brazil (Não atendemos garantia global)
+55 11 3251-4777

Ask them about getting a fan for your unit.


Sorry, I'm angry and I am copy/pasting this problem in all Asus G73 threads from any forums I can find...

also, thanks very much for the answer, it will help!
sorry

[Maverick494]

Sorry, I'm angry and I am copy/pasting this problem in all Asus G73 threads from any forums I can find...

also, thanks very much for the answer, it will help!
sorry

if you had put as much effort into googling Brasil Asus repair as posting irrelevant posts on forums that have no contact with Asus, you probably would've found it yourself days ago instead of throwing a tantrum all over the internet.