Speedfan causes BSOD on Windows 8.1, is there an alternative?

Drake5 · 17 Jan 2014 at 12:09

I recently installed a 120MM fan on the side of my case and at full speed it is very loud, rather than buying a fan controller I was looking for a piece of software that can control the fan. Speedfan seemed perfect however every time I load it up I just get a BSOD. I did some Googling and it seems to be a common issue and I wasn't able to find a way to fix it.

Can anyone recommend some alternative software so that I can control the fan?

Cheers

Mynight · 17 Jan 2014 at 17:28

There's very few alternatives out there

the only good one ive found was argus monitor. It's a paid prog but there are quite a few older free versions around or I'm sure an enterprising person could easily find the latest version for free on certain sites

Drake5 · 17 Jan 2014 at 18:19

Argus crashes my system as well... It must be something to do with 8.1

Mynight · 17 Jan 2014 at 19:06

Indeed. Is it only fan controller things that crash system?

What about core temp? I know it isn't a fan control but I wonder if windows is having issues with reporting temps :confused:

wonder if core temp will crash it as well.

Drake5 · 17 Jan 2014 at 20:09

Mynight said:
Indeed. Is it only fan controller things that crash system?

What about core temp? I know it isn't a fan control but I wonder if windows is having issues with reporting temps wonder if core temp will crash it as well.

CoreTemp was crashing my system at first aswell but I did a Google and lots of other people were affected. I contacted the developer who sent me a BETA which now works without issue.

Still really need some fan control software though.

Mynight · 17 Jan 2014 at 20:22

So its 8.1 at fault then

Apparantly msi have fan control built into their control center. Have you tried that one?