TPFanControl Alternatives

TPFanControl is described as 'Solution to the cooling fan noise annoyances Thinkpad T4x (T40/T41/T42/T43) notebook series. Allows the user to control fan activity based on the system temperature. Win XP Visual C++ project controls the fan via port IO to the embedded controller' and is an app. There are seven alternatives to TPFanControl for Windows, Linux and Mac. The best alternative is SpeedFan, which is free. Other great apps like TPFanControl are FanCtrl, fancontrol, thinkfan and Coolbook.

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TPFanControl

Free • Proprietary
Windows

Solution to the cooling fan noise annoyances Thinkpad T4x (T40/T41/T42/T43) notebook series. Allows the user to control fan...

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SpeedFan
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Free • Proprietary
Windows
46 alternatives to SpeedFan
SpeedFan is a program that monitors voltages, fan speeds and temperatures in computers with hardware monitor chips. SpeedFan can even access S.M.A.R.T. info and show hard disk temperatures. SpeedFan supports SCSI disks too.
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1. LightweightSpeedFan consumes less device resources compared to similar apps.
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Discontinued
The developer promised new versions, but the program seems to be no longer updated. Latest version, 4.52, released in June 2016, can be still downloaded from the official website.
FanCtrl
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Free • Open Source
Windows
8 alternatives to FanCtrl
FanCtrl is a software that allows you to automatically control the fan speed on your PC.
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1. PortableFanCtrl can be used from a USB stick or similar with no prior installation.
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fancontrol
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Free • Open Source
Linux
10 alternatives to fancontrol
fancontrol is a shell script for use with lm_sensors. It reads its configuration from a file, then calculates fan speeds from temperatures and sets the corresponding PWM outputs to the computed values.
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Hardware Monitoring
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thinkfan
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Free • Open Source
Linux
9 alternatives to thinkfan
Thinkfan is a simple, lightweight fan control program. Originally designed specifically for IBM/Lenovo Thinkpads, it now supports any kind of system via the sysfs hwmon interface (/sys/class/hwmon). It is designed to eat as little CPU power as possible.
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Coolbook
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Freemium • Proprietary
Mac
21 alternatives to Coolbook
CoolBook is a tool for the MacBook, MacBook Air and MacBook Pro computers. It lets you monitor the frequency, voltage and temperature of the CoreDuo / Core2Duo CPU.

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CoolBook does not work with OS X 10.7 Lion or later. i3/i5/i7 CPUs are not supported. Latest release from 2011-02-24. See http://www.coolbook.se/CoolBook.html
Coolero
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Free • Open Source
Linux
3 alternatives to Coolero
Coolero is a front-end that uses libraries like liquidctl and a few others to control cooling devices, mostly AIOs, fan hub/controllers, along with PSUs and some RGB lighting support.
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eeectl
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Free • Open Source
Windows
37 alternatives to eeectl
eeectl is a tiny yet powerful program for Asus EEE PC 700 series, it runs on Windows® and allows you to control & overclock your EEE PC on the fly.
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eeectl Features
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