What's new in Thinkpad Fan Controller (tpfancontrol) 0.20 Beta

Oct 22, 2018
  • Modified the level handling to allow switching to BIOS mode at lowest level
  • Disabled hard coded BEEPs
  • Visible log is now a ring buffer: instead of overflows old lines are removed
  • You can disable the log file via INI file
  • Read errors are only logged if there are more than 2 consecutive read errors
  • Using VISTA tpfancontrol will automatically claim admin rights to run

New in Thinkpad Fan Controller (tpfancontrol) 0.18 Beta (Oct 22, 2018)

  • Another possible bug fixed (buffer overrun, crash)
  • Sensors now all named
  • Included picture with T43 sensor locations
  • Included German readme file
  • Fancontrol.ini sample has German descriptions also

New in Thinkpad Fan Controller (tpfancontrol) 0.17 Beta (Oct 22, 2018)

  • Program was broken (internal lockup)

New in Thinkpad Fan Controller (tpfancontrol) 0.16 Beta (Oct 22, 2018)

  • Prevent sluggishness in window handling
  • Allow to switch back from 0x80/128 in smart mode
  • Option that close button minimzes window instead

New in Thinkpad Fan Controller (tpfancontrol) 0.15 Beta (Oct 22, 2018)

  • IconLeves could not be read from ini
  • Option to start minimized
  • Option to ignore sensors in max. temp evaluation
  • Function to exit after max allowed read errors

New in Thinkpad Fan Controller (tpfancontrol) 0.14 Beta (Oct 22, 2018)

  • Taskbaricon (see fancontrol.ini)
  • Allows to start in smart mode (see "active" in fancontrol.ini)

New in Thinkpad Fan Controller (tpfancontrol) 0.13 Beta (Oct 22, 2018)

  • More detailed log display
  • Log display limited to 100 lines
  • Write logfile (fancontrol.log)

New in Thinkpad Fan Controller (tpfancontrol) 0.12 Beta (Oct 22, 2018)

  • RPM fan speed display
  • Allow smart mode to automatically switch to bios mode at certain temperature

New in Thinkpad Fan Controller (tpfancontrol) 0.11 Beta (Oct 22, 2018)

  • Display temperature with their (known) meanings
  • Display fan mode on change commands in hex
  • Display stats in minimized window title
  • Option to change/disable beep
  • Some GUI changes