Software for controlling the fan speed of a cooling pad for laptop?

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Hi to all,
I have bought a cooler pad Notepal Ergostand with dual fans for my laptop Dell Inspiron 3537,and it has two usb ports and only one power on/off button,it doesn't have a button for regulating the speed of the fans!
So my question is:is there a software for a cooler pad which could regulate the speed of the fans?
I have heard for SpeedFan and HWinfo_64,but I don't know if they could control the speed of the cooler pad fans,because the laptop and the cooler pad are connected via an usb cable!

Please help me!
Thanks in advance!
Best regards!
 
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Before we conclude this, I have a question:
Is there a heat problem or not while using the computer on certain cpu demanding tasks?

To find out, download and install HWMonitor (free) http://www.cpuid.com/softwares/hwmonitor.html
To the left download the free version.
Obs! during installation make sure that you untick any third part s/w. I always recommend this procedure no matter what on any free s/w. Ok.

Then, in the HWmonitor window there are three columns:
Value= shows the actual readings from all the sensors including temperatures and voltage
Min and max speaks for itself.

Now, Start the most cpu heavy program you have and work with it, surf the internet and perhaps watch an on-line news film for at least 5-10 minutes.
Then quit...
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Hi,
Never ever go for Speedfan s/w totally junk and its in my opinion the worst ever.
But, MSI has developed a very good s/w which fit almost all the graphics card on the market, even if they are not from MSI.

Free download and usage: http://downloads.tomsguide.com/Msi-afterburner,0305-47353.html
But It could very well be another issue..

My personal thoughts is that You have a serious ventilation problem, caused by dust have settled inbetween the cooling heat spreader, so it doesn't matter how much the fan will speed up - the heat will not go away until You open up and clean.

Perhaps that is the root cause of your problem?
Best regards, from Sweden
 
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Dear Flyfisherman,thank you for replying to me!
I have already cleaned my laptop's fan and repasted with a thermal paste etc.
I bought the cooler pad as an external and helping fan while I play games on the laptop.
So because this cooler pad doesn't have a button for adjusting the speed of its fans,I would like to know how to regulate theirs speed via software!
Please help me!
 
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I haven't found that cooling pads do anything. A laptop cooling system works by pulling air in thru the bottom and pushing air out thru a very small heat sink. Unless you can augment that air flow, the addition will not be able to aid in CPU / GPU cooling to any significant extent. The cooler is just blowing air at the bottom of the laptop case. You could accomplish the same thing with a desk fan.

What will happen eventually is that the interior laptop fans will eventually have their air flow reduced to very low levels. Dust, cat hair, crumbs whatever will get sucked in thru the fan grilles, and be pushed thru the fan up against the copper heat sinks. There is no access to this area.

It will require a jewelers screwdriver to remove the fan housing at which point an old toothbrush and air compressor will serve to dislodge accumulated dust. If you do this once every 18 months or so, your lappie will be fine.

You can use this to monitor CPU, HD temps

http://batterycare.net/en/index.html
 
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Dear JackNaylorPE,thank you for replying!
Just the point of my question is,if there is a chance for controlling the speed of the fan of a cooler pad for a laptop via a program?
So please someone tell me if there is such a software,I would be very very grateful!
 
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Yes, I gave You a link to just a such in my first post above,
Best regards from Sweden
 
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The program would require the following .... a) a temperature sensor to read the temps and b) circuitry to deliver the signal to the cooler and c) a means if speed control. Once you provide these three items, the software would have something to work with.

Again, in my experience, these coolers do not affect CPU / GPU temps. The purpose of the software would be to adjust fan temps in response to changes in CPU / GPU temps.... but when I turned the fans in the cooler on and off, I saw no significant change. So what I am saying is what would the software do ?

You could try and wire in the cooler to tap into the laptops circuitry but no aftermarket manufacturer is in a position to develop a circuitry interface that would work on all lappies.

I have used many docking stations provided by laptop manufacturers over the years. The reason why no vendor I think has provided auxilliary cooling in docking stations is because the cooling systems must be designed to keep the laptop cool when it is not at home with your cooler. If it can do that, then the cooler becomes redundant.

That being the case, the manufacturer of the lappie has nothing to gain by including the sensors and circuitry interface needed for such software to function. And without that... the software has no signals to process and turn into fan control signals. Yes, it is all\possible, but I haven't heard of it and it would be hard to justify the investment on one end without being sure of the other falling into place.
 
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Dear JackNaylorPE,I appreciate your opinion,but you know I still need that kind of a software!
Dear Flyfisherman,please tell me how should I configure the program that you pointed to me!
Best regards to all!
 
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MSI afterburner controls the fans for a GPU.... fans mounted on a GFX card.... it does not control CPU fans, it does noy control case fans, it does not control and exterior to the laptop

 
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Ahh, You are totally right, I misunderstood the problem.
I'm sorry for that.
But if is a laptop, then this should be controlled via bios or otherwise in the firmware, Ehh?
If the CPU-fan not speeding up, then: Ok is it completely dead?
Best Regards from Sweden
 
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Software can not to magic.

Software can be used to take a signal, process it and tell a device to send a signal to something else.

For example....

On a GFX card, there is a heat sensor which sends a signal to a chip which the software can read.
It also receives a rpm signal from the fans to a chip which the software can read
The user creates a fan curve which the software uses to compare the readings to the imputed data.
The software then sends a signal over a circuit to control fan speeds.

Let's say I wrote the software you want.... as far as I can tell...

You have no access to the heat sensor
You have no circuitry to send the signal anywhere
You have no chip to process the signal so that software can sense it
You have no way to read the fan rpm
You have no way to send a speed control signal to the fans

You can buy software to tun on a lamp at a certain time so would be burglars think you are home. You have essentially bought a light bulb and want software to turn it on. Here the software does exist but you still need a lamp, a wire, a plug, a socket, a switch to take a control signal which will flip the switch and a PLC for the software to be loaded on. But you have none of those so the software won't do you any good.
 
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Before we conclude this, I have a question:
Is there a heat problem or not while using the computer on certain cpu demanding tasks?

To find out, download and install HWMonitor (free) http://www.cpuid.com/softwares/hwmonitor.html
To the left download the free version.
Obs! during installation make sure that you untick any third part s/w. I always recommend this procedure no matter what on any free s/w. Ok.

Then, in the HWmonitor window there are three columns:
Value= shows the actual readings from all the sensors including temperatures and voltage
Min and max speaks for itself.

Now, Start the most cpu heavy program you have and work with it, surf the internet and perhaps watch an on-line news film for at least 5-10 minutes.
Then quit all these programs/webbrowser and take a reading from HWmonitor, which of course you have been running in the background:

In the column Max: what does it says?
Post the numbers here or you can also click 'File > Save monitoring data > it will be a text file and attach that into your next post.

Best regards from Sweden
 
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