FanControl.Releases

This is the release repository for Fan Control, a highly customizable fan controlling software for Windows.

New

• Reduced CPU usage by 50%
• -c or --config [json config file] command line arg
• Increased max temp. to 120 C
• Replaced numerical comboboxes with text boxes
• Time average custom sensor ( Plus sign menu )
• File custom sensor interface ( Plus sign menu )
• Plugin system, see Plugins wiki and
  • https://github.com/Rem0o/FanControl.HWInfo
  • https://github.com/Rem0o/FanControl.DellPlugin

Installation

1. Download the latest archive
2. Extract to the desired installation folder
3. Start FanControl.exe

Issues

• I am not the main developer for the driver portion of this software. Any issue regarding hardware compatibility should be submitted to LibreHardwareMonitor's repository.
• Please only open issues for the software itself, UI, feature request and so on.

FAQ

• Q: How does [FAN CURVE TYPE] works and what does its parameters do?
  A: Click on its card's icon at the top left, a dialog will tell you.
• Q: Does it run on my OS?
  A: If your OS is Windows 10, yes.
• Q: There is no control cards / control cards are missing / control cards are not changing my fan speeds, what's the issue?
  A: Your motherboard's SuperIO chip is not supported / badly supported, see the Issues section.

Features

• Save, edit and load multiple profiles
• Multiple temperature sources ( CPU, GPU, motherboard, hard drives, ".sensor" file )
• Mix different curves and sensors together
• Custom fan curves
• Manual control
• Fine tune the fan control response with steps, start %, stop %, response time and hysteresis
• Modern, dashboard-style UI
• Works as a background application with a customizable tray icon
• And more!

Fan curve types

• Linear : Temperature based linear function
• Graph : Temperature based custom curve
• Target: Temperature based that holds speed until target temperature is reached
• Mix : Use two different curves and apply a mix function (Min, Max, Sum, Average)
• Sync : Sync to an existing control
• Flat: Set a fixed %

Graph fan curve editor

• Add, remove and drag points arround the graph
• Copy and paste points from a graph to another
• Fine-tune the response with the hysteresis and response time parameters

Theme editor

• Dark mode available

Libraries used:

• https://github.com/LibreHardwareMonitor/LibreHardwareMonitor
• https://github.com/MaterialDesignInXAML/MaterialDesignInXamlToolkit
• https://github.com/falahati/NvAPIWrapper