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I inherited an HP All-In-One q116 computer from my father-in-law. It's a pretty cool little Haswell system. The issue I have with it is that it has an overzealous cpu fan profile. It'll spin up at really low temps.
Speedfan and other software control won't access it. BIOS has no fan speed controls.
My plan is to insert a resistor in the 12V supply to basically lower the current fan profile. The fan is 0.5A so if I insert a 10ohm resistor that will take it from 12V max to 7V max. I realize I'll have to experiment a bit to get this right.
I'm wondering if anyone here has done this and could offer any advice to reduce my trial and error?
Speedfan and other software control won't access it. BIOS has no fan speed controls.
My plan is to insert a resistor in the 12V supply to basically lower the current fan profile. The fan is 0.5A so if I insert a 10ohm resistor that will take it from 12V max to 7V max. I realize I'll have to experiment a bit to get this right.
I'm wondering if anyone here has done this and could offer any advice to reduce my trial and error?