Testing fans?

[AkitoUF]

Simple quick question. Is there a way or homebrew to force the fans to spin just to test if they're working alright?
My Switch is old, from december 2017 and I just want to know if the fans are still working alright.

 

[Hayato213]

Just run a game like breath of the wild, the fan will spin if your fan work.

 

[Lamcza]

Simple quick question. Is there a way or homebrew to force the fans to spin just to test if they're working alright?
My Switch is old, from december 2017 and I just want to know if the fans are still working alright.

i have v1 around 70% it gets pretty laoud

 

[AkitoUF]

Just run a game like breath of the wild, the fan will spin if your fan work.

I mean yeah, of course I thought of running a game but I don't think the fan is working when it should which is why I asked for a more sure way to force them to spin to test if they're alright. Something like a homebrew to test the Switch in general or something like that.

 

[Lamcza]

I mean yeah, of course I thought of running a game but I don't think the fan is working when it should which is why I asked for a more sure way to force them to spin to test if they're alright. Something like a homebrew to test the Switch in general or something like that.

If your switch is not turning off yea i bet it is working fine you can install status monitor(it is a tesla overlay) to check temps and fan woprking.

 

[AkitoUF]

If your switch is not turning off yea i bet it is working fine you can install status monitor(it is a tesla overlay) to check temps and fan woprking.

Exactly what I was looking for, thanks!

 

[jkyoho]

I do hot air blow on the temp sensor if I want to know fan works or not. Or you could test the other way around, blow cold air to stop fan spinning.

 

[AkitoUF]

So, update on the situation.
I was playing Diablo 3 and decided to turn the volume off and just bring my ear to the air exhaust and indeed the fan was spinning, it's just that it wasn't as loud as I thought it would be but I did hear something so I guess it's alright?

Is the Switch's fan supposed to not be super loud?

 

[Lamcza]

So, update on the situation.
I was playing Diablo 3 and decided to turn the volume off and just bring my ear to the air exhaust and indeed the fan was spinning, it's just that it wasn't as loud as I thought it would be but I did hear something so I guess it's alright?

Is the Switch's fan supposed to not be super loud?

Switch is not super agresive on cooling if paste is good and evrything works, as i said i have v1 and fan is getting laoud on around 70% and up before that i cant hear it.

 

[masagrator]

So, update on the situation.
I was playing Diablo 3 and decided to turn the volume off and just bring my ear to the air exhaust and indeed the fan was spinning, it's just that it wasn't as loud as I thought it would be but I did hear something so I guess it's alright?

Is the Switch's fan supposed to not be super loud?

It's loud when close to 100%. At ~20% is very silent.