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Hey there guys, I'm using smcFancontrol on my macbook pro 15 inch, and I'm sure some of you have heard of it. It is a really great program, and I'm wondering if anyone can suggest a program very similiar/identical to it for bootcamp on windows? My fans work well in mac but I'm not sure it works as well in bootcamp windows. Anyone have suggestions?

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I'm not sure, but you could try Speedfan?

Speedfan generally works only with desktop hardware. A program I use for laptops is HWiNFO. It's a really good tool, if it's compatible it's a great experience.  Try it, it just may work. 

I've never tried fan control for a mac on bootcamp. 

I discovered that program after a professor stopped her lecture to say she was going to shoot my laptop for being so loud. (Thin laptop fans are loud. This one took it to a whole new unnecessary level for the heat it made. )

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Speedfan generally works only with desktop hardware. A program I use for laptops is HWiNFO. It's a really good tool, if it's compatible it's a great experience.  Try it, it just may work. 

I've never tried fan control for a mac on bootcamp. 

Does it allow to adjust fan speeds?

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Does it allow to adjust fan speeds?

Contrary to it's intended purpose of monitoring yes. It has has custom profiles too

No guarantee it's compatible with a macbook but I've used it with dell, gateway, hp, and lenovo laptops just fine. 

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click the "Sensors" button, click on the fan icon by "Reset values", and from there you can manually change fan speeds, or go to "custom auto" for a profile. Keep in mind it doesn't always register the max speed you fans will go, for example it may be 4000RPM,, but it will let you slide up to 7000RPM which means they will be at 100% at the halfway point. Keep that in mind  and find where your fan is on at full speed when making  a profile. Slide it all the way up and note the actual RPM in the sensor status window. 

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