Fan Control

A focused and highly customizable fan controlling software for Windows.
Sources for this software are closed.

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Table of Contents

• Announcement
• Main Features
• Installation & Uninstall
• Plugins
• Issues & Hardware Compatibility
• FAQ
• Libraries Used
• GitHub Sponsors

Announcement

• NEW: Fan Control can now be started on boot as a service, without any user session.

• NEW: Calibration avoid points: set avoid points if you want your fans to never run in at a specific % that may rattle or emit an annoying noise.

  

• FanControl, its installer and the updater now have a signed executable, which should help with AVs false flagging.

• V238 and above now ships with a PawnIO build of LHM. This fixes the anti-virus problems encountered with WinRing0, as it is no longer shipped with FanControl. Note that as of 09/04/2025, WinRing0 (FanControl.sys) used in V237 and below is flagged as Trojan:Win32/Vigorf.A by Windows Defender, causing sensors to not be detected — updating to V238 or later is the recommended fix.

• The FaceIT issue was fixed with the 2.1.0 PawnIO version.

Main Features

• Guided setup process on first launch
• Save, edit and load multiple profiles
• Change the theme and color of the application
• Multiple temperature sources (CPU, GPU, motherboard, hard drives...)
• Multiple fan curve functions, including a custom graph
• Mix fan curves or sensors together (max, min, average)
• Low resource usage
• Advanced tuning with steps, start %, stop %, response time and hysteresis

Full documentation is available at getfancontrol.com/docs.

Installation & Uninstall

Install

1. Download the latest archive or an installer from the release page.
2. Extract to the desired installation folder or run the installer.
3. Start FanControl.exe.

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Uninstall

Portable — You can leave the files there for future use, or delete them.

Note: If you have Fan Control set to automatically start with Windows, either untick the checkbox in Fan Control, or manually delete the "Fan Control" task in Windows Task Scheduler.

Installer — Uninstall like any other Windows program through the Programs list.

Plugins

The plugin system lets you inject any type of sensor into FanControl. See the Plugins wiki for details.

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Issues and Hardware Compatibility

Fan Control is primarily a UI layer on top of existing hardware libraries. Any hardware compatibility issue is largely dependent on the upstream project:

• LibreHardwareMonitor — the main sensor/driver backend

Please only open issues on this repository for the software itself: UI bugs, feature requests, etc. Hardware support requests will be closed with a link to this section.

If you have a hardware compatibility request and can provide a working code sample usable in .NET (e.g. via a Plugin), feel free to submit that.

FAQ

Q: What BIOS settings work best with FanControl?

Avoid any "smart" fan control from your BIOS. Setting a fixed default speed (e.g. 50%) works great for most people. Also check whether your BIOS uses PWM or DC mode — one may work better depending on your setup.

Q: Does it work on laptops?

Mostly no, as laptops do not interface their fans the same way desktop motherboards do. Most of them are not made to be interfaced by a 3rd party. However, if supported, a plugin may add support for a specific type of laptop. To be clear, you'll be able to install the software, but it won't find any fans or may throw errors.

Q: My NVIDIA GPU has 3 fans but only 2 control cards show up. Why?

Your card only has 2 channels; multiple fans are wired to the same channel.

Q: My NVIDIA GPU won't go below 30% and doesn't reach 0 RPM. Why?

See this wiki page.

Q: There are no control cards, or control cards aren't changing fan speeds. What's the issue?

See Issues & Hardware Compatibility.

Q: How does [FAN CURVE TYPE] work and what do its parameters do?

Click the card's icon at the top left — a dialog will explain it.

Q: What OS does it run on?

Windows 10 and Windows 11.

Libraries Used

GitHub Sponsors

The GitHub Sponsor button on this page is intended for the open-source work surrounding FanControl. This includes contributions to LibreHardwareMonitor, the plugin system and open-source plugins, and AMD GPU driver support via ADLXWrapper.

Your sponsorship helps maintain existing projects and develop new ones. It does not apply to the main FanControl program itself — use the PayPal button if your intent is to support FanControl directly.