how to control windows 10 fans/force them to slow down /force them to be turned off when the computer is cool?

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how to control windows 10 fans/force them to slow down /force them to be turned off when the computer is cool?

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Hi,

I own a MSI laptop running on windows 10. It works fine but for a few days, I noticed the fans going crazy right away when I turn it on, (10 seconds-ish after connecting to my session). I checked the GPU temperature but it's stable at 30-40°C which appear to be really cool (pun intended). The fans seem to be running seemingly regardless on my activity on the PC neither its temperature. I also:

* cut all background processes (just in case)

* uninstalled the games I used to play (again, just in case)

* put the cooling policy on passive in both plugged/unplugged scenarios.

* checked on the air flow (fans do work like a charm and the air is actually cool)

* added a brand new external fan that goes under the PC

It appears clear to me that there is somewhere a registry or a policy that forces the fan to run full speed regardless any process nor temperature and I would like to solve this issue. Also, the first time I noticed fans going crazy like this was when windows started turning on the "gaming mode" (that it never did before) so I also made sure to deactivate it. Maybe it changed a setting idk, but now, with no games left on the computer and basically nothing running (I made sure, also in background), fans are still full speed 100% of the time with an annoying noise.

Anyway, what can I do?

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Answer 1

Thank you for your quick reply, glad to hear your problem has been solved.

Sorry I may have misunderstood your question before. According to the problem you are facing, there are indeed some unknown problems with Windows Game Mode. I understand your idea of turning off Game Mode, but unfortunately, Game Mode cannot be turned off manually.

I have submitted this issue for you through internal channels. In addition, you can also submit your issue through the Feedback Hub (if convenient, please provide as much detail as possible, including pictures, videos, etc.), which will help Microsoft developers to further investigate this issue. Detailed steps can be found in the following link

Send feedback to Microsoft with the Feedback Hub app - Microsoft Support

Regarding the method you mentioned to adjust the fan speed, generally speaking, the fan speed is controlled by the motherboard, which is not adjusted through the Windows system, and the control software provided by the motherboard manufacturer is the most convenient way to adjust the relevant settings. I noticed that you tried to adjust the relevant settings in the BIOS, but the problem still exists, so it is possible that you did not set it correctly.

You can set different fan speeds according to different CPU temperatures and frequencies by manually adjusting the fan curve. For more information about this content, you can refer to the following article.

www.msi.com

Disclaimer: Microsoft does not provide any implied or other warranties and/or guarantees and is not responsible for the information or any technology-related support you obtain from third-party linked websites.

Best regards

Brian - Microsoft Community Support Specialist

Answer 2

Hi,

thank you for this fast answer. Although I'm surprise to read that the game mode isn't a windows setting. I didn't use any third party software that would modify the OS this way. Everything related to MSI have been there from scratch since I didn't install anything related to MSI (I don't know exactly how MSI interacts with windows on laptop they sell but I do find the "game mode" in windows settings. A quick google research also suggests that microsoft released it.)

It looks like this (also as you can see I disabled it.)

* In the meantime I also tried to directly go into the hidden BIOS, but setting the fan speed to low values/ put super high treshold temperature didn't change anything. Resetting parameters to original values did also not change anything.

Is there anything I can do to interact with the system to fix this?

Here are:

* a screenshot of my settings, clicking on "jeux" (="games") leads to a different settings family (game bar, game DVR and game mode.

* a link to the first "game mode" search I made, there is tons of other results that all suggest that game mode is released by windows in some (recent?) update

* the said game mode available settings.

Update: using the MSI center (that I didn't really want to download for personal data reasons), I did manage to solve, in some way this issue. But I still wonder why my fans went crazy, and I also would like to make sure that the game mode isn't supposed to be part of the windows ecosystem. Or to know how to solve it without the MSI center that I'd like to remove at some point.

Answer 3

Hello, matthieu montécot

Welcome to Microsoft Community

Thanks for your feedback. I read the information you provided. You mentioned that your computer fan has some problems and will always run at maximum power.

I understand your problem, but there is no "game mode" setting in Windows settings, so I guess you may have changed the computer mode in other third-party software.

In the current situation, you can change the settings about the computer's operating mode in MSI Center, which can adjust the speed of your computer fan, but because this software is for professional computer users, some settings are not easy to change, so I suggest you contact MSI's technical support staff, with their help, you can adjust the settings more easily, you can click the link below to download MSI Center and contact MSI's technical support staff.

MSI Center

MSI USA

Disclaimer: Microsoft does not provide any implied or other warranties and/or guarantees, and is not responsible for the information you obtain from third-party linked websites or any technology-related support.

Best regards

Brian - Microsoft Community Support Specialist

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