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Frank Slootweg wrote:

>    You might want to try 'NoteBook FanControl' [1]. It's the one I used
> to overcome the problem I mentioned having with SpeedFan.
> 
>    It uses configuration files for particular models. I used one for a
> model, somewhat similar to the one I had. And IIRC, you can make your
> own configuration. So you might be more lucky than with SpeedFan.
> 
>    Don't be put off by the 'Control' bit, because you can also just
> measure the fan speed (in percentage).
> 
> [1] <https://github.com/hirschmann/nbfc>

Just a follow-up, I found from reliability monitor that nbfcservice.exe 
was crashing several times per minute, so had to remove it, I also 
removed speedfan and hwmonitor, unfortunately something has left the 
machine prone to bug-checks :-(