You can switch away from Gigabyte libraries if you are not using a Gigabyte motherboard. If it does not work as expected, or does not display the fan speed data for your system, you can change the libraries used to fetch the fan speeds and control their speeds. For example, you can set the CPU cooler fan to be run at 50% of its full capacity. It can also let you set the speed of various fans (only if it is allowed). You can view the current temperature of the CPU, GPU, motherboard and hard disk drive using FanCtrl.

In its small user interface, it displays data retrieved from two different types of sensors – thermal sensors and the fan speed sensors.

Using an open-source software called FanCtrl you can not only view the current status of the various fans installed on your PC, but you can also control their behavior and speed.įanCtrl works best with the Gigabyte motherboards, but you can always try your luck. This is required because if the temperature crosses a certain threshold, the system will not work as expected, it will become slow and could hang up or shut down, and it can even cause some damage to some of the components.ĭepending on the computer and motherboard inside it, you can have one or more cooling fans installed. The job of the CPU cooler fan is to keep the CPU chip cool. The largest of these fans is possibly the cooler fan installed on top of the CPU chip on the motherboard. This is why all computers have many fans working inside the system to cool one or more regions or components. When you are using your computer, its various components get heated up and are in the need of always being cooled down.

Download FanCtrl 1.6.3