Note that TPFCIcon and TPFCIcon_noballons should stay the same for every release. 2.1.5 B) for different machines are stored within the archive direcotry, you can build them by subsituting the main fancontrol directory with the fancontrol directory of the desiered version. The source code of spinoff releases of the program (i.e. The project currently builds with the configuration: Debug Win32 (You will need admin permission to run the built program)ĭo not build the project without TPFCIcon and TPFCIcon_noballons, they are necessary parts of the application and the main fan control software will not function without them ini file into the Debug folder to test the built program The project should have the correct configuration upon opening the project file fancontrol.sln, though you might have to manually copy and paste the.

Building Instructionsīuilding this program requires Microsoft Visual Studio 2022 Community You can find additional information here on the ThinkPad Wiki. Temperature threshold to exit the manual modeĪdvanced level value is converted into hex, the value above is a rough estimate of what to expect The 0-7 range is intended to be used as the fan levels intended by the manufacture (7 being the highest that the laptop BIOS can go), and to take full advantage of the fan you'll need to enter 0-128 in hex (for example, 128 in hex is 0x80, which is entered as 80).Configure a second smart mode that is accessable in the tray.Log program log to file & log data to CSV file.Max read errors before the program auto shuts down.The TPFanControl.ini file should always be in the same directory as the fancontrol.exe executable file. You can configure the behaviour of the program by editing the values inside the TPFanControl.ini file that comes with the program, Windows 10 or 11 is required to run the program. To avoid errors, either install tvicport manually or install the original version of TPFanControl found here (source code here), and run the dual-fan version instead of the original version.Īdministration permission is required for the program to be able to control system fan speed. Visual Studio 2022 Community was used to build and debug.

This can be changed by editing tpfancontrol.ini. The default fan profile is a silent one, with the fans only coming on at 60c. 4, but it should work on most other dual-fan Thinkpads that are released. It has only been tested on X1 Extreme Gen. It's updated it to work with two fan devices. This is a fork of the original TPFC, and is based on byrnes' dual fan mod. ThinkPad Fan Control 2, a fan control utility for ThinkPad users running Windows 10/11 About

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