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What power option plan is best to minimize fan noise?
Hello:
Sony Vaio Desktop VGC-JS320J
E5400 dual core processor
The fans on my desktop are loud and running at a high RPM for seemingly no reason.
Here is the history of the problem.
Initially, when I booted the computer, the fan RPMs were at about 2200 RPM. After about 3 hours the RPM were at 3,800 but the temperature of the cores remain at 36 and 38.
I don't do anything that taxes the processor. I just surf the internet, use Microsoft Word. When I run adobe flash player to listen to a radio station, that does seem to cause the fan to run faster. CPU usage is at 10%.
I sent my computer back to Sony. They replaced the fan. The problem has become worse.
Now within an hour the RPMs are up to about 3,800.
I am using HWMonitor to obtain the fan readings.
I have been advised to set the Windows 7 power option to each of the plans (balanced, high performance, and power saver) to alleviate the problem. Obviously, only one person is correct.
When I set the plan to "High Performance", the fan does not seem to run as high, but I am still not sure this is the optimal setting. It is counterintuitive. I would think that by having the setting at "Power Saver", the fan would be quieter. The core temperature seems to rise to the mid 40's at the "High Performance" setting which I don't mind because it is still not too high.
What about the advanced settings for the power plans? What are the optimal settings? Especially the Multimedia Settings/"When playing video". Would the fan run slower with "Optimize Power savings" or "Optimize Video quality".
I know this is a Windows forum, but someone suggested changing the settings of Smart Fan in the BIOS. Does anyone know how to do this? When i go into the BIOS there are no options to change any fan settings. It just has a setting for the two fans. They are both at around 2,200.
Are there any settings in Windows that would allow the temperature of the cores to rise a small amount without having the RPM of the fans increase?