Tx2500: adjust fan speed manually

Like every other TX2000 series owner, mine overheats a lot.
Seemingly unlike every other TX2000 series owner, the fan on mine never runs at full speed. The fan used to run at full speed. It's very loud at that speed, but I'll take the noise over the heat anyday. Sometime in April or March (2009) it stopped running at full speed. In fact, now the fan never really speeds up from the baseline.
SpeedFan (program) sometimes reports my CPU at a temp of 80celsius, whereas it used to hover around 50celsius.
How can I make my fun run full speed again?

I have the same problem and have tried every fan control program out there. I bought this piece of dead weight for my son to use in his graphics and animation classes. He phoned me up one day freaked out as it was running at over 90 C and he thought he smelled burning phenolic. My son has since purchased components and built himself a desktop that actually works as specified, rather than this trash tx2500, which I have now had the misfortune of being burdened with (and it is a burden).
I don't know what is wrong with the IMHO "tools" at HP, maybe they just can't program properly, they have certainly screwed the dog on this one and every user that bought one of these $1200 paperweights. I tell you, I will never buy another HP product until they fix this tx2500 problem and I have 11 computers on my home network, never mind the company.
A very simple solution to the problem would be HP giving the porting info for the fan to the guy at Alnico.com (speedfan) and since he has a good working fan control program (unlike HP), let him sort it out, he could be a hero to a lot of people that are seriously perturbed (use your own explative) with HP. But we know that won't happen, HP is seemingly incapable of admitting an error or forwarding what they deem to be "sensitive information" (everything) and generally defer to their deadweight lawyers.
Personally and it's only the opinion of a guy who has been developing hardware, firmware and software for 35 years for governments, universities, research organizations and the military, this looks like engineered obsolescence to me and hence product misrepresentation, since the tx2500 can never run at full speed without seriously overheating AND THERE IS NO AVAILABLE FIX FROM HP!
I think I am going to have to dissassemble the BIOS and rewrite it or hardwire the fan to make this thing work properly. I hate doing other people's jobs because they can't do their own.

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http://download.cnet.com/SpeedFan/3000-2094_4-10067444.html
It's a pretty hard thing to use but it does give a readout of temperatures, which is useful even if you can't use it to adjust fan speed. Also go into the BIOS (F10) and see if there is a fan always on option and if so deselect it.
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Of course. To check temperatures, you can use Temperature Monitor > http://www.bresink.com/osx/TemperatureMonitor.html
To adjust fan speeds, use smcFanControl > http://www.eidac.de/ Be careful with fans because you mustn't set a fan speed higher than 2000 rpm. You will have problems in the future if fans work at a higher speed all the time

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I recently had a problem with Mac OS X on my MacBook Pro that eventually led to me reinstalling the OS from scratch. I erased the drive completely and did a clean reinstall using the Mac OS X 10.4.10 discs that came with the MacBook Pro.
Prior to reinstalling the OS, I was able to use the smcFanControl utility to adjust the fan speeds in my MBP as I saw fit. This was a great solution to keep a good balance between noise and temperature. I kept them running at 6000 RPM most of the time because I work on the computer at my desk most of the time. However when I take it to school with me, 6000 RPM is too loud to use comfortably in my classes. I used to be able to lower my fan speed to 4500 RPM, but since reinstalling, running smcFanControl will lock my fan speeds at the max (6000 RPM) and not allow me to lower them. Attempting to enter values manually tells me that I am attempting to lower the fan speeds below the minimum allowed value, but the fans are supposed to be able to range between 2000 RPM and 6000 RPM.
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Thanks for the reply. Sorry it took so long for me to get back to you but I finally gave this a try and it did not work.
I am currently using the Fan Control application you linked to (as I have been even before I came here) but the variables in that program don't allow me great enough control over the fan speeds. It is temperature-based, which I like, but the minimum and maximum values generally keep the fan speeds too low and the machine still too hot. I am using it temporarily but I much prefer smcFanControl because it allows me to set the fan speeds directly.

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I'm using fancontrol to control my fan's speed. One thing I noticed is that maximum fan speed is never reached even when temperatures exceed max limit.
If I set max temperature in /etc/fancontrol to 55 and restart fancontrol, 55+°C will cause fan to speed only at ~5800 RPM. If I set min temperature to 60, fans will completely stop. 'pwm_enable' is set to 1 when fancontrol is running.
Now if I stop fancontrol, fan will speed up to ~6460 RPM while 'pwm' is at 255 and 'pwm_enable' changed to 0. I can't change 'pwm' value at this point. If 'pwm' gets set to 0, fan will completely stop.
At this point fancontrol is still not running. If I set 'pwm_enable' to 1 and leave 'pwm' at 255, fan will slow down to ~5800 RPM. If I set 'pwm' to 0, fan will not slow down completely, but will instead slow down to ~2080 RPM.
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I'm using fancontrol to control my fan's speed. One thing I noticed is that maximum fan speed is never reached even when temperatures exceed max limit.
If I set max temperature in /etc/fancontrol to 55 and restart fancontrol, 55+°C will cause fan to speed only at ~5800 RPM. If I set min temperature to 60, fans will completely stop. 'pwm_enable' is set to 1 when fancontrol is running.
Now if I stop fancontrol, fan will speed up to ~6460 RPM while 'pwm' is at 255 and 'pwm_enable' changed to 0. I can't change 'pwm' value at this point. If 'pwm' gets set to 0, fan will completely stop.
At this point fancontrol is still not running. If I set 'pwm_enable' to 1 and leave 'pwm' at 255, fan will slow down to ~5800 RPM. If I set 'pwm' to 0, fan will not slow down completely, but will instead slow down to ~2080 RPM.
What's interesting is that although fancontrol can't reach max fan speed, it can stop fan completely, while I can do neither manually.
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However, i highly suggest you try to use a laptop cooler, and don't use the laptop on your leg when playing games, as prolonged usage could cause first degree burn to your skin. This is why some laptops are called notebook and carries a warning against using the laptop on your lap.
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Hi Guys,
Recently I got my self a AMD XP 2600+ for my K7N420.
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As alternative you can get a fan controller like Sunbeamtech Rheosmart PCI Fan Controller, it should allow to use 4pin PWM singnal and convert it into voltage control,
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Smart Way Controlling all Fans & Airflow. The Rheosmart PCI Fan Controller is designed to make any existing 3-pin fan automatically regularized by the PWM signal from the Motherboard! With its ability to connect two fans to a single PWM connector at a maximum of 20W/channel, a wide selection of fans can be supported. When a normal fan is connected to the Rheosmart PCI Fan Controller, they become auto adjusting through the PWM signal.
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Get a cooling pad. That will much better than trying to constantly adjust fan speeds.
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Hello, I have a HP ENVY dv6 laptop, and from time to time it gets really hot, so i would like to have the opportunity to control my fan speed manual. Is there any way I can do that?
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Sincerely
Crab

Hi Crab,
If your Notebook is running hot then there are few methods you can try to maintain the Temprature.
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http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/document?cc=us&dlc=en&docname=c01007591&lc=en&jumpid=reg_r1002_us...
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