Acer Laptop | How to Fix Loud Fan Noise

[@finbaromen2245]

Thanks man, I bought my Acer Swift 5 a few days ago and tried to tell myself "don't worry, you will get used to the fan noises" but I knew that this will always annoy me. But since i was really happy with the hardware of the laptop for the price i got it I didn't want to return it. I was scared to use it in university next month because i thought it will annoy others as much as it annoys me. Now I can't hear a single noise from the fans, and it's still working as fast as it did before, the temperatures also don't climb but either drop or stay the same. Thanks a lot for the video, now I can use my laptop in peace.

[@figgeduni]

What % did you put it on?

[@Bacbi]

Do you experience that the fan is quiet when doing normal stuff, but when you then play a game for example that the fan really starts working hard and after you shut the game of even if it was just for a few minutes that the fan still keeps going? Not as high as when you played the game but it's still annoyingly high and I end up turning it off and on again just to get the fan to stop. Also what % do you use so that it doesn't end up damaging the laptop?

[@saqibimran5852]

What percent did u put it on

[@ismaelsierra3757]

​@@Bacbi obvious because the games are more demanded than normal stuff.

[@achimb657]

I am surprised because the fan of the Swift 5 is ALWAYS running. Even in idle mode the fan is running. Just the speed is adjusted. What did you do to stop the fan completely?

[@sophienall7366]

Literal life saver, bought my Acer Aspire 5 for college and started using it about a month ago to get used to it and I absolutely could not get used to the jet engine take off noise no matter how hard I tried! Seriously appreciate it!

[@szehaohar]

me too

[@thehunkyskunk]

This worked so well. Thank you so much. Edit: To the people, who has an Acer Aspire 5, watching this video, I set my CPU max to 60% with very minimal fan noise

[@IwatchYuTup]

why would you use 60% cpu. you could buy a cheaper laptop with a celeron or pentium. you pay for a freaking cpu. other components are cheap. we should just start a big campaign against acer. Acer is such a sloppy company that they want to show off that they have lightest and slimmest laptops in the market. they advertise like that but all those bastard youtubers, reviewers they never tell you the actual problem. They only talk about how slim and light is the fucking laptop. You watch it and go buy it. it is also cheaper than others.

[@Pynoxim1]

@@IwatchYuTup I know this is an old comment but eg. an 10750H with 6 cores @ 60% maximum frequency is still going to be better than a Celeron lol

[@dr.souvikbanerjee]

You uploaded this video almost 3 years back. And your solution to the HUGE fan noise from the laptop is still working like a charm. I used it on my Acer Spin 3. I am also using an additional 256GB SSD on my laptop. And you are right even at 45% capacity of Intel Core I3 processor, it works smoothly for all day to day tasks normally including video streaming. Thank you for your solution. It really helped.

[@lukasn3]

how about playing games?

[@suzieannie1]

Thank you so much. I bought a new Acer Aspire 3 a couple of days ago and nearly cried when I heard how blinking loud the fan was !!! I am a bit frightened of the "workings" of such devices but your explanation and instructions were brilliant (just slightly different graphics on the laptop but worked out what I was seeing) I have set it to 75% and the sound just stopped !!! I cannot see any real changes in performance at all.

[@joeisgood7309]

thanks, my fans sounded like a chainsaw

[@michaelbarreiro9733]

Worked like magic. Tried everything (cleaning the fan, removing software, etc.) but this worked!

[@starfieldofviolet]

Thank you sooooo much! I can't tell you what an anxiety-reducer this has been. My very stripped-down Acer tablet fan started making LOUD noises like this a couple of months ago and it's been MADDENING. The fan comes on full blast from a cold start-up after being off for days, so I know it isn't overheating. I use this tablet basically for writing and watching KZbin Tutorials. It barely has any software on it at all. There's no overtaxing from gaming or anything. I will never buy another Acer as long as I live. [Hope you're reading this Acer!!]

[@emmarush4419]

Thank you so much my Acer Nitro 5 kept sounding like it was trying to take off, this fixed it almost immediately! I honestly thought it was about to break. You Sir are an absolute champion!

[@MrLeggart]

Fantastic! I bought a new Acer Aspire and the fan noise was insufferable, really annoying, I was so disappointed. Thank god I found your video, your fix worked a treat. Thanks for sharing!

[@R6ex]

Just when I've given up on buying the 2019 Acer Aspire 5 (due to reviews complaining about fan noise), I found this video and your reply. Hell, Yes! I'm gonna reconsider buying it again. Best bang-for-the-buck laptop now! :)

[@R6ex]

How many % max. CPU did you set it to (before fan goes off)?

[@kimhamilton221]

Amazing. This works! I set mine at 75 and not a hum or a whir since. Thank you for saving me the cost and inconvenience of 'repair'.

[@MedievalRichard]

I bought a new Acer A5 Aspire A514-53 i7 laptop the other day and the fan noise was depressing me. You have solved my issue, cheers!

[@m_greg4442]

My acer nitro 5 on max fan sounds like a hair dryer lol Figured it out. Nitro sense>geforce expierience option>settings>whisper mode It limit some games to 60 fps so you can play games like csgo quietly

[@languageartsgrade]

Yea. I don’t know what to do lol

[@Andy-zk6py]

Same

[@isaaccontee]

same, if u find something useful please dm...

[@AJAYSANKAR96]

same here,,any solutions??

[@joey-sl1ml]

mine fans sound like a washing machine and i think its because they're vibrating.

[@Cubeezz]

It works perfect and silent!! You have my girlfriend's eternal gratitude, she was so annoyed by the noise. Thank you!!

[@PoolarityChannel]

Sounds like I saved your relationship. Jk. Thanks for your support

[@mish_elle1450]

This worked at 70% on my Acer Spin without any lag. thanks!

[@monikad.7900]

I have the spin 713 and can’t find the power settings he searched for on his laptop. How did you find them

[@sunnylancaster3490]

THANK YOU! I have Aspire 5 i7 core. I use a fan stand and I did not understand why I could not get the laptop fan to shut off ever. Thank you again it was very helpful.

[@PJMartin]

I have a 9yr old acer aspire 5920g, it worked!! I have hardly used it over the 8 years because of this. Great stuff! Means one more year before buying a new computer

[@MelliaBoomBot]

My Dad saw this and recommended I do it for my noisy fan of a month..lets see what happens..had not even occurred to me to do this.! Thankyou!!!

[@tharindra25]

This really works. I applied to my newly bought acer aspire 3

[@LegatusOnoris]

You saved my life bro, since the first day I had this boring issues with fans that start without reasons and couldn't find any solution. Now I set the processor to 80% max and....it's perfect, even in 4k videos no noises from fans, I have a Swift 3 Kaby Lake i7 7200U. Thanks!

[@estecho8927]

Thank you so much for this!!! I have a recently-bought Acer Desktop that had insanely loud fan noise, ramping up and down like crazy even under mid-low CPU load. It must have been receiving some bad fan control commands from somewhere (OS? CMOS? not sure), because I capped CPU usage to 99% (yes, 99% lol) and now it's super quiet ALL THE TIME, without any noticeably drop in performance. The PERFECT solution! :-) You have improved my quality of life tremendously!!! Thank again!

[@meganevans6421]

Thank you so much. Very helpful and clear directions and explanations for someone like me who doesn’t fully understand everything about my computer setup.

[@MrNorda93]

Is it gonna make a problem if i play video games a put it on 70 or 80%?

[@fabianfuentes9792]

It worked for me like magic! I thought my laptop was broken you saved me

[@TheGameplaygermany]

If you cannot see the setting for the max. processor power in the settings, disable the Connected Standby feature.

[@DNJ9o9o]

Cheers bro. Never thought a hardware problem like this could be solved in such a way. Thanks.

[@briangaming2394]

Will this work for a aceraspire 7

[@jackokasparian8682]

how do i know what percentage to put to use my laptop the most efficiently with no fan?

[@mish_elle1450]

you can start at 50% but I've had my Acer spin on at 70% and the fan's silent now

[@jonathanalves3959]

@@mish_elle1450 does it run any slower when you did it

[@deathismyown]

Works for Acer Swift 3 too! Thank you so much for the advice, the fan was driving me nuts

[@IwatchYuTup]

my acer swift 3 is very quite but time to time it starts like washing machine and when i tap the laptop it stops the noisy. did you have this problem?

[@stokasitnogzuba]

Why I'm not able to see any of those options in advance settings?

[@NoNegotiations]

YES, Thank you. That really helped. MSI and Ace gaming laptops are horrid on their fans, and this did the trick.

[@CallofFreaky]

This was amazing thank you, i was getting tired of my computer being noisy af

[@mr.asiandefault]

Hey Poolarity, I have the latest Acer helios 300 predator gaming laptop. I play games a lot on it, should I use 48% or higher?

[@dochudson9912]

My laptop fans would go crazy when I was charging my laptop. Now they're silent. Thanks so much

[@dochudson9912]

@AJ my laptop hasn't slowed down at all

[@dochudson9912]

Had to do re watch this video 4 years later cuz I reset my laptop and had to apply the setting again. Wow i was a freshman in college back then. Glad my Acer Swift is still running great.

[@mikecaldwell8417]

I tried this with my new Dell Inspiron and it worked like a charm! Thanks a million for making this video!

[@celticcrow333d5]

Thank you this is the first Acer I own, it's a Nitro 5, and it started off quiet then it started sounding like a wind tunnel no matter what I do, it's especially bad when i'm trying to game, but now anything sends the fans off.... It's woken up my son from naps, been disruptive in class, and I could never figure out why. Never getting an Acer again once this one craps out... Edit: Followed the video, and now it's like a buzz. Eh I'll take it lol

[@PoolarityChannel]

When you plan games, you still need it at full power, so you can create a "Quiet Profile" and a "Full Power Profile" and switch back and forth between them.

Thanks a lot. This worked like a miracle at once! My Concept D was turned down to 60 % and the noise stopped at once!

[@daverage4729]

Fantastic video. Simple and well explained AND fixed my noisy computer.

[@groobsY]

Well, I have big problem with those fans in my Acer Nitro 5 with i5 9300H and GTX 1650 version. When I play games like Fortnite or CS:GO fans run crazy like on 4200-4500 RPM even If I use your options and undervolt CPU by -0.150. This is actually so triggering, too loud for me. Probably gonna sell it and buy something else if I don't get solution.

[@richheart6337]

Does it work for Acer nitro 5 ?

[@delilas]

will this affect my gameplay?

[@jonafangk1288]

Won't this be bad for gaming though?

[@dogzer]

Thank you. I just got a new Acer. Computer just idling and it seems to be struggling to keep itself cool, fan noise definitely noticeable when it's not doing anything demanding. Sadly I'm going to hack the performance down.

[@pianotuna52]

Ah, blissful quiet...Thank You!

[@adyparis3889]

its really worked guys! go for it

[@saqibimran5852]

how was your latest experience with it? also what percent did you put it in?

[@frankjones8302]

This worked. Thanks. How did you get the running power usage tab up on the screen?

[@popnachzahlen]

Have a Nitro AN517-51 / i5-9300H and sadly, didnt solve my problems at all. Once I go even on 70% power capacity (not 48% like you did), performance noticably gets slower in games. so i cant do 48%. im close to returning my acer and not buying one ever again.

[@dajalapeno8480]

omg thank you soooooo much, I had my laptop for ages and finally decided to fix it!

[@emelkapetanovic3815]

What about when you don't have those options? I only have desktop background setting, sleep, display and battery

[@Bacbi]

So I tried it out just to see the difference while playing dishonored 2 on my new Acer nitro 5 and it really did help with the noise. But is there a way to tell what % I should have it at, so that it doesn't get extremely hot or winds up damaging my laptop in any way?

[@PoolarityChannel]

I have 2 profiles, one for power and another for normal use and so you can quickly change back and forth from the task bar, it won't damage the computer

[@Bacbi]

@@PoolarityChannel Sorry what do you mean exactly by switching back and forth from the task bar? That you have one user profile that you log into for things like gaming and then you log out and then use ur regular account/profile for all the rest? Also while the fan noise is lower now when I play games. Do you experience having to restart the computer for the fan to stop? Cause when I play a game the fan starts working, then when I quit playing even thought the program is no longer running and everything runs normal when I check the task manager. But the fan still keeps making noise. Any idea why?

[@kaitlinopalmeggs4976]

Thank you so much! I just bought a brand new Acer Aspire and was so concerned about the fan noise. I have windows 11 so my set up looks a little different but I managed to find the power settings and switch to something called "best power efficiency" and the fan immediately turned off.

[@anwarfisher3809]

what about system cooling policy in power options, got "on battery" and "plugged in" both at passive by default, what do you recommend ?

[@fabiosampaio4659]

Finally solved! I've tried everything and then some, and this is the thing that worked. Thanks

[@debraevans5265]

This seems to have helped, but not completely. Any other suggestions?

[@jonathanalves3959]

Ik im late but the fan is always going to turn on it is just about if it is too loud then this video does help

[@juerhe1]

THANKs, ….but why dont you use the integrated "Dell Power Manager" and set it to "Optimized"? So you would get power if needed, and low noice if you just Browsing the Internet!

[@dineshjanapati6511]

it's an acer laptop

[@Kimkam85]

Thank you! no more whining fan

[@daleocyber3293]

My fan is making a lot of noise, Hp Compaq Core 2 Duo, I was able to quiet the front one with lubricant but the one in the power supply is still a nuisance. Help!

[@priyanka7698]

Thank you so much!! My Maximum Processor State was on 100% for both the battery and plugged in options. I have now changed them to 48% so fingers crossed this works. Update: The fan noise has completely disappeared. Thanks again!

[@jackeaston9256]

Thanks so much, my laptop was sooooo loud!

[@scottyJSON]

does this mean my games would have a lower fps?

[@builtbyrhondy1111]

Great video! Seems to be working for my new Aspire 7 (i7-9750H), gtx 1650

[@azariahgaming3254]

What’s the best % to put it at on a gaming laptop without decreasing game performance

[@builtbyrhondy1111]

@@azariahgaming3254 thats up to you, you have to do some testing, start with 70% and go upwards to 100%

[@blakewang2373]

Hey man, I bought a acer helios 300. I plan to play GPU heavy games with it. (Ark for example) If I do this and limit the power to the GPU or CPU, will my computer still be good enough to run the game?

[@vahidmioooo]

Unfortunately, I dont have those options when I open Advance setting

[@packhead]

Working so far. Thanks

[@kiwiness5427]

My laptop is quiet as hell now after this. Thanks!

[@shujath9176]

Would it have any adverse effect after reducing that number. I use visual software which uses GPU. Will it slow down the performance. After changing those settings, is there any way to detect if it is reducing the performance ?

[@mistylang_nz]

Thank you! Great video, this worked straight away on 48% and Roblox is now working even faster than it did before?! on an Acer travelmate, Ahh that whirring noise was very annoying!

[@Conufan]

Thanks ...no more high pitched wind tunnel sound on my Acer. :)

[@mikehunt4465]

Your advice was spot on THANK YOU

[@southern9292]

Just got an Acer C27. Gonna give this a go. TY!

[@prabhashmadhusanka1991]

there is no such a setting in my acer aspire i7 laptop, i can only adjust the disply , background settings. no processor to be adjusted. please help me

[@hahalol14]

did you fix it? i could help

[@fivecartierbracelets]

@@hahalol14 plz help

[@alroorla23]

This is great! Worked for my Acer Spin 5. thanks! :)

[@subhanshuverma3748]

Orla Rochford I thought my Acer spin 5 is defected. Is any click sound comes from ur laptop when u run at plugged in??

[@kishorgaming7640]

can we play pubg after doing that? 😂

[@ntpn877]

same! my acer spin was so god damn loud

[@somename9204]

Same

[@richardtreat9187]

This worked for me! Thanks so much for helping - the fan was driving me crazy!

[@saqibimran5852]

by any chance can anyone let me know if there are any side effects/disadvantages for doing this? I have recently bought my new Acer Aspire 5, core i-7 10510U, 16gb ram, laptop. I am tired of this loud fan issue that keeps going on suddenly. I would really appreciate a response!

[@PoolarityChannel]

The side effect is that it will be slower, but most task so not require full CPU usage, even playing 4k video will suffice. If you do heavy 3D gaming then create 2 power profiles, one for heavy use, one for quiet mode.

[@saqibimran5852]

@@PoolarityChannel thank you so much! This video helped alot, I am no longer hearing fan noises, plus no lag issues.

[@saqibimran5852]

Been using this for a year now and no problem what’s so ever. All loud fan noises and over heating temperatures are gone!!

[@hauptmannquebec7693]

I cant believe it, it instantly worked!!! Thanks bro

[@StarChildInABubble]

Just had to turn it down to 94% and no more fan noise for me :D I have an Acer Aspire 5 A515-51G i5-8250

[@StarChildInABubble]

@AJ I don't have this laptop anymore. I gave it to my sister. But during the time that I've been using it, for almost 2 years, I didn't notice any performance dip whatsoever.

[@chillero1096]

Quick question. Will something happen on my laptop if I ignore the annoying sound of the fan?

[@dominickperez1335]

Will this reduce graphics quality or it won’t affect it

[@speedpolkaoutland1089]

its wont affect it

[@proxy8918]

I love you. Thank you so much, now the awful noise is pretty much gone.

[@TRTHEPRODUCER]

Acc works ..legend 🙏🏾

[@uniqueentertainment1638]

My fan starts when i play games, thats all fine but as of recent after a certain time playing the fan noise will suddenly increase to another level, i dont know if another fan activates or the fans running faster, but it suddenly changes from the low buzz to jet take off

[@roxannecoulombe4859]

yes thank you! it stopped instantly.

[@Aaron-qn2gj]

Very helpful! Thanks so much for making the video. My new computer is much quieter and my office is more calm.

[@xsrcxiq453]

The fan is quiet but my cpu is nonstop on 72 and i got like -200 fps in games

[@GabrielBarrado]

Worked perfectly on my acer aspire 3! Thanks a lot for the tip!

[@OrsoRusso]

What % did you put in on?

[@GabrielBarrado]

@@OrsoRusso 60%, experienced no lag while working/running a few java applications in browser

[@BabaYaga-uc3gb]

for games like league of legends would it still work if i limit to 48% ?

[@bionikpulse]

Acer Nitro 5 loudest laptop ever. thank u so much!

[@austinix3607]

I doubt you will respond but when I went to power plans it only said Balanced (recommended) and not the power saver mode is there a way to fix that ?

[@jonathanalves3959]

Thx so much have an acer aspire 5 slim, and the sweet spot on mine was 62 so it wasn't to slow but the fan is basically really quiet or not on and my laptop doesn't overheat

[@ayusalgaonkar450]

Awesome! thank you sooooo much. My spin 5 is so much calmer now

[@Fastkls]

Works for Swift 3 with same processor! Thanks for this!

[@salzburg4ever]

So you selected exactly the same options on your laptop? I'm struggling right now because it doesn't seem to work on my Swift 3 (though Intel Core i3). There's always some fan noise.

[@rxhrds]

@@salzburg4ever did u fix

[@XLucero1]

@@rxhrds It seems that it worked for the louder fan noise, but there still is a light fan noise constantly.

[@johnnybravo6743]

I have acer aspire 5. I am trying to follow the step you have taken. But on "Power Options" , I could not see the option "Processor Power Management" Mine is i7, 1 TB SSD and Windows 10 Prof. Thanks

[@guts5578]

we have the same laptop, did u fix it? my fan is still loud

[@skyger83]

Did this seeing no effect, I even trying to put them at 5% and still 0 impact... Any help?

[@nikolozka1]

did you apply the changes? if yes,then it might be a hardware problem and your fan might be damaged or plugged with dust

[@Djinn667]

I can't find that processor option in the advanced power settings menu.

[@marilouburnel]

Thank you Poolarity! I'm doing music production, the noise was handicapping. Will share this video! ps: fl studio FULL project can run smoothly on 60% (supersynths, mixer effects, automations etc)

[@Tobi.4014]

Fan!!

[@joelgresh7522]

Will this decrease the performance while playing games?

[@PoolarityChannel]

Yes, you need to create 2 profiles, 1 for gaming and 1 for non-gaming.

[@davidm.9068]

Will I be able to game?

[@chrisp5996]

Thank you!! This was very helpful.

[@TruthGatherer2013]

Doesn't seem to work on my aspire es1-523. I've been bothered by a noisy fan for almost 2-3 years (bought it in late 2017.) is there anyway to just turn off the fan, and just use a cooling pad instead? cause it's super annoying XD and I tried to open the laptop up myself, but the botton of the laptop feels like it's about to break when I try to open it, so I abort the mission XD

[@KennethJohnsenDK]

Awesome! Worked wonders for my Swift 3.