WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:01.020 In this lesson, 2 00:00:01.020 --> 00:00:02.760 we are going to talk about cooling options 3 00:00:02.760 --> 00:00:05.190 inside your BIOS and UEFI. 4 00:00:05.190 --> 00:00:06.570 Now I know this sounds a little weird 5 00:00:06.570 --> 00:00:08.970 to be talking about cooling inside the BIOS and UEFI, 6 00:00:08.970 --> 00:00:10.680 but again, your BIOS and UEFI 7 00:00:10.680 --> 00:00:12.840 can control pretty much everything 8 00:00:12.840 --> 00:00:16.110 that your motherboard has, including its fans. 9 00:00:16.110 --> 00:00:18.360 So one of the things you're going to see inside 10 00:00:18.360 --> 00:00:21.870 of your BIOS or UEFI is the ability to configure your fans 11 00:00:21.870 --> 00:00:23.520 and how they're going to operate. 12 00:00:23.520 --> 00:00:25.050 This includes both your case fans, 13 00:00:25.050 --> 00:00:27.270 as well as your processor fan. 14 00:00:27.270 --> 00:00:28.680 When you look at your fans, 15 00:00:28.680 --> 00:00:30.300 there's going to be some basic settings 16 00:00:30.300 --> 00:00:31.620 that you're going to be able to do, 17 00:00:31.620 --> 00:00:34.290 including setting up either quiet mode, 18 00:00:34.290 --> 00:00:36.930 balance mode or cool mode. 19 00:00:36.930 --> 00:00:38.550 Now when you're using quiet mode, 20 00:00:38.550 --> 00:00:40.500 this is going to reduce your fan speed 21 00:00:40.500 --> 00:00:42.630 and allows higher temperatures to occur, 22 00:00:42.630 --> 00:00:46.290 but this will make it quieter for your overall system. 23 00:00:46.290 --> 00:00:48.480 Now I wouldn't recommend doing this a lot, 24 00:00:48.480 --> 00:00:50.520 especially if you have a high performance system, 25 00:00:50.520 --> 00:00:52.620 because you could overheat your components 26 00:00:52.620 --> 00:00:55.620 if you're running it in quieter mode all the time, 27 00:00:55.620 --> 00:00:58.380 but it is a consideration and something you may do 28 00:00:58.380 --> 00:01:00.120 if you're using a low power system 29 00:01:00.120 --> 00:01:02.430 that doesn't generate nearly as much heat. 30 00:01:02.430 --> 00:01:04.860 Another setting we have is known as balance mode 31 00:01:04.860 --> 00:01:07.290 and balance mode is pretty much the normal setting 32 00:01:07.290 --> 00:01:09.360 on most computers by default. 33 00:01:09.360 --> 00:01:11.280 Essentially, this is a good mixture 34 00:01:11.280 --> 00:01:13.950 and being a balance between working your fans 35 00:01:13.950 --> 00:01:15.930 very hard to keep your temperatures down 36 00:01:15.930 --> 00:01:19.050 and working your fans less to keep your system quiet 37 00:01:19.050 --> 00:01:21.240 even though there might be higher temperatures. 38 00:01:21.240 --> 00:01:23.580 Balance is essentially the normal operation 39 00:01:23.580 --> 00:01:25.620 for your fans running at normal speeds 40 00:01:25.620 --> 00:01:28.380 trying to maintain normal system temperatures. 41 00:01:28.380 --> 00:01:30.090 And then we have cool mode. 42 00:01:30.090 --> 00:01:33.000 In cool mode, we're going to be able to run our fans harder 43 00:01:33.000 --> 00:01:35.610 and faster to create more airflow. 44 00:01:35.610 --> 00:01:36.930 This will be noisier, 45 00:01:36.930 --> 00:01:40.800 but it will get temperatures lower inside of your system. 46 00:01:40.800 --> 00:01:41.820 This is very useful 47 00:01:41.820 --> 00:01:43.980 if you're going to be overclocking your processor 48 00:01:43.980 --> 00:01:45.810 because when you overclock a processor, 49 00:01:45.810 --> 00:01:47.370 you will generate excess heat, 50 00:01:47.370 --> 00:01:49.530 and so, putting your fans into cool mode 51 00:01:49.530 --> 00:01:52.530 can help dissipate all that extra heat for you. 52 00:01:52.530 --> 00:01:54.420 Now in addition to these three basic modes 53 00:01:54.420 --> 00:01:56.640 of quiet, balanced and cool, 54 00:01:56.640 --> 00:01:57.960 you may also have options 55 00:01:57.960 --> 00:02:00.780 for things like fanless or custom. 56 00:02:00.780 --> 00:02:03.450 Now fanless mode means you're telling your motherboard 57 00:02:03.450 --> 00:02:05.730 you're not going to be turning the fans at all. 58 00:02:05.730 --> 00:02:07.110 You wouldn't want to do this normally 59 00:02:07.110 --> 00:02:09.630 unless you've replaced your fans and cooling system 60 00:02:09.630 --> 00:02:11.610 with something like a liquid cooled variant, 61 00:02:11.610 --> 00:02:12.443 in which case, 62 00:02:12.443 --> 00:02:14.880 the motherboard won't be controlling the fans, 63 00:02:14.880 --> 00:02:17.280 and instead, you'll be using the liquid cooling system 64 00:02:17.280 --> 00:02:19.230 to be able to cool down your system. 65 00:02:19.230 --> 00:02:20.910 The other option there is custom 66 00:02:20.910 --> 00:02:22.500 and custom allows you to go outside 67 00:02:22.500 --> 00:02:24.570 of the three pre-configured sets 68 00:02:24.570 --> 00:02:27.990 of quiet, balanced and cool and create your own. 69 00:02:27.990 --> 00:02:31.110 So maybe you want it to be a little bit more than balanced 70 00:02:31.110 --> 00:02:33.120 but less than cool. 71 00:02:33.120 --> 00:02:34.170 This would allow you to do that 72 00:02:34.170 --> 00:02:36.690 by creating a custom setting of your own. 73 00:02:36.690 --> 00:02:39.660 Now in addition to saying these basic settings and profiles, 74 00:02:39.660 --> 00:02:42.390 some systems will allow you to get very specific 75 00:02:42.390 --> 00:02:43.710 in your fan settings, 76 00:02:43.710 --> 00:02:46.200 including how much power you're going to send to each fan 77 00:02:46.200 --> 00:02:50.340 and how fast you want those fans to spin in terms of RPMs. 78 00:02:50.340 --> 00:02:52.110 If you have a system that supports this, 79 00:02:52.110 --> 00:02:53.310 you can really get customized 80 00:02:53.310 --> 00:02:55.530 with how fast you want those fans to run 81 00:02:55.530 --> 00:02:58.380 or you can configure it based on temperature. 82 00:02:58.380 --> 00:03:00.450 That's right, your motherboard also has 83 00:03:00.450 --> 00:03:02.820 some temperature sensors that are built in 84 00:03:02.820 --> 00:03:05.730 and this allows you to figure out how hot the processor is 85 00:03:05.730 --> 00:03:07.380 or how hot the motherboard is 86 00:03:07.380 --> 00:03:09.210 and then run your fans based on that 87 00:03:09.210 --> 00:03:11.160 to keep a consistent temperature. 88 00:03:11.160 --> 00:03:13.260 So for example, once you set the temperature 89 00:03:13.260 --> 00:03:14.310 to a certain level, 90 00:03:14.310 --> 00:03:16.350 if the temperature starts rising in the case, 91 00:03:16.350 --> 00:03:17.670 the fans will speed up 92 00:03:17.670 --> 00:03:19.620 to be able to bring that temperature back down 93 00:03:19.620 --> 00:03:22.170 by getting that heat dissipated out of the system. 94 00:03:22.170 --> 00:03:23.160 On the other hand, 95 00:03:23.160 --> 00:03:25.440 if the temperature is lower than your set point, 96 00:03:25.440 --> 00:03:28.200 it will actually turn off or slow down the fans 97 00:03:28.200 --> 00:03:30.630 so it'll allow the system to rise in temperature 98 00:03:30.630 --> 00:03:32.730 and that will reduce your amount of power being consumed 99 00:03:32.730 --> 00:03:35.790 by the fans, as well as the amount of air flow and noise 100 00:03:35.790 --> 00:03:37.920 that is being generated by them as well. 101 00:03:37.920 --> 00:03:39.930 So keep this in mind when you're dealing 102 00:03:39.930 --> 00:03:41.550 with your BIOS and UEFI. 103 00:03:41.550 --> 00:03:43.500 You have the ability to see your fans 104 00:03:43.500 --> 00:03:44.940 and what they're doing in the system, 105 00:03:44.940 --> 00:03:47.540 as well as configuring how you want them to operate.