Acer Aspire One Fan Control

Martin Brinkmann — Tue, 12 May 2009 11:16:08 +0000

A friend recently contacted me telling me that the fan of his Acer Aspire One laptop made him go nuts. He felt that it was way to loud and wanted to know if there was a program to reduce the noise that the netbook makes. I quickly stumbled upon the Acer Aspire One Fan Control utility which proved to be very useful. While the software program was not able to regulate the fan speed it was able to set the temperature threshold so that the fan kicks in at a higher temperature level.

Acer Aspire One Fan Control works on computer systems running Windows XP or Windows Vista. It will place itself in the Windows system tray upon execution. A click on that icon will display a status bar containing information about the current cpu temperature and options to set the fan on and off temperatures. Finding the right settings might take some time as it largely depends on the climate but also the reliability (meaning a silent system that always crashes is not the right solution) of the computer system.

Users who do not own an Acer Aspire One but would still like to reduce the noise their computer makes might want to read articles like Hard Drive Noise Reduction, Create Video Card Profiles To Save Power And Reduce Noise or Lower Video Card noise by reducing the fan speed.

Acer Aspire One Fan Control is a free download and should only be executed on Acer Aspire One models.

Hard Drive Noise Reduction

Martin Brinkmann — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 17:35:16 +0000

Being noise sensitive can have a huge impact on a daily work routine. Having to use a noisy computer can be a distraction and it might even cause sickness in the long run. One of the components that still gets neglected quite a bit when it comes to noise reduction is the computer’s hard drive. That’s understandable because it usually is not the loudest component of the computer.

That honor would be reserved for the fans of the video card, processor, power unit and case. You might not even hear the noise of the hard drive until you decide to lower down the noise of the other components. Hard drives on the other hand can cause a very high distracting pitching noise.

One possibility to lower the noise of the hard drive would be to use special hard drive cases and other hardware to reduce the noise. Software solutions on the other hand are rare, most are outdated and some even require the creation of a boot disk before they can be run.

WinAAM is a refreshing change. It is compatible with all Windows NT operating systems including the popular Windows XP and Windows Vista. It requires no installation and can be started right after the download has finished.

The software will automatically detect connected IDE or SATA drives and display the status of the Acoustic Management of the device.

The status can either be inactive, low or normal and the noise reduction software displays possible options the acoustic management can be set to in a basic interface. The option to test the changes is given in the application but it was badly implemented. Changing a setting will close the application at the end which means that the application has to be started again to perform the test.

The software can be downloaded at the author’s homepage. The same page contains a version for Mac OS Classic and tips for Mac OS X users.

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