FanSpeed is a small free utility designed to run under Windows 95/98/NT/2000 to control the speed of case and CPU fans depending on the temperature readout from the available motherboard thermistors. It is possible to greatly reduce the speed of a CPU fan and still maintain adequate cooling while the CPU is idle, as long as the operating system (i.e. for Linux / NT ) halts the CPU. Windows 9x users would need to run a third party application such as CPUIdle or VhaltD (recommended - it's free and included :) for FanSpeed to have any noticeable effect. The benefit of all this effort should be obvious to most overclocking BP6 users: peace!
FanSpeed is split into a service written by Tim Hughes and a GUI part written by Matthew Palmer. The service runs independently of the GUI and actually performs the task of monitoring temperatures and controlling fans. The GUI connects to the service and provides feedback and a front end for installation, uninstallation and modifying configuration.
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FanSpeed supports the following hardware monitoring chips.
FanSpeed has been tested on the following motherboards.