03.11.2017, 19:36
Ive been working on an alternative to speedfan for a while now, and its kind of stable now. Ive been using it on several local computers for weeks now and its doing a fine job - at least on that handful of different hardware setups. Hardware support is a huge topic, so now I need to make sure that its working well on most computers, or its just plain useless. Its based on Open Hardware Monitor, but its hardware interface wasnt really up-to-date.
So if youre interested in fan controls, cooling, and stuff like that, it might be worth giving it a try. Even though it certainly wont work well for everyone, I need your help to actually make it useful.
So why would you want to use this instead of e.g. Speedfan?
I originally made this to minimize fan noises. For that I need additional temperature sensors, and yet Ive not found a single control software that supports these. LOLFan includes support for external sensors, LCD displays, and even power meters, but probably thats just interesting for a tiny group of people (send me a message if you want to use this, its completely undocumented yet).
The actually interesting advantages are these though:
So if you want to try, here you go: http://www.mauzen.org/lolfan/
There are some "hints" within the software, as an attempt to explain some of the major things.
So if youre interested in fan controls, cooling, and stuff like that, it might be worth giving it a try. Even though it certainly wont work well for everyone, I need your help to actually make it useful.
So why would you want to use this instead of e.g. Speedfan?
I originally made this to minimize fan noises. For that I need additional temperature sensors, and yet Ive not found a single control software that supports these. LOLFan includes support for external sensors, LCD displays, and even power meters, but probably thats just interesting for a tiny group of people (send me a message if you want to use this, its completely undocumented yet).
The actually interesting advantages are these though:
- Fan calibration: allows a much more precise, truly linear, speed control
- Better plot: as you might now, the plot in speedfan is really limited, thanks to open hardware monitor its much more versatile in lolfan
- More options for fan control: Configuring speed curves is easier, option to combine several temperature readings.
- Its open-source, meaning anyone can contribute, improve the software, and add hardware, allowing a much wider hardware support than similar closed-source software.
So if you want to try, here you go: http://www.mauzen.org/lolfan/
There are some "hints" within the software, as an attempt to explain some of the major things.
