Questions tagged [fan]
Fans are hardware devices used for cooling other devices which generate lots of heat.
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Control GPU fan in ASUS laptop
After much research and trial and error, I found a way to control some of the fans on an Asus ProArt 15 laptop (ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC. ProArt StudioBook W500G5T_W500G5T)
I believe this controls the &...
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Acer Aspire A315-58 fan keeps spinning i try all distros but not solution
I have a problem with the laptop fan, which is always spinning and making an annoying sound. I’ve tried many distros and want to settle on ubuntu 23.10, but the fan is bothering me. Is there any ...
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Overheating (fan problem) in ubuntu 18.04.2. What should I do?
I have an ASUS S510UA which came with Windows 10. I replace the HDD with an SSD and added another 8 GB ram memory.
I installed Ubuntu 18.04.2 in parallel and the fan is not working well.
When I am ...
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How do I know my fan is working in Ubuntu
I just bought a brand new netbook and am worried the fan isn't working properly.
lm-sensors does not detect a fan, I can't hear a fan, and can't feel air blowing out of the fan area.
The netbook is ...
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Fan constantly running at full speed
On my ThinkPad T470 which is a dual boot with Ubuntu 18.04 and Windows 10, everything was working fine in Ubuntu until after a while I needed to boot Windows. Since then, the fan on the laptop runs ...
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NVIDIA GPU fan speed configuration only applies to 1 of 2 GPUs
I have two NVIDIA GPUs, and I want to set the fan speed of each separately. When I use nvidia-settings to do this, I can only set the fan speed of [gpu:0], and changes I make affect the device labeled ...
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How can I change the nvidia GPU fan speed?
So im trying ubuntu again after being off it for awhile in win7 i can set gpu fan to 10-30% and its barly reaching 52c , however with ubuntu nvidia set it to 55% wich is really loud on my msi 460gtx.
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AMD GPU Fan Control
I have installed ubuntu 16.04 and my GPU is R9 380X. The Driver used is AMDGPU..is there any way to control the fan of my gpu? because it never spins.
Thanks !
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lm-sensors not showing information
After running sensors-detect and using all default settings, when running sensors I do not get a lot of information:
schoolbusesc2@desktop:~$ sensors
enp4s0-pci-0400
Adapter: PCI adapter
PHY ...
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Control device (ASUS fan) from Gnome shortcut
After some search, the only reliable way I found to control the fan in my ASUS laptop was to issue this commands (as root):
turn on fans:
echo 0 > /sys/devices/platform/asus-nb-wmi/hwmon/hwmon7/...
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High CPU temp on boot + Fan noise on Ubuntu/Thinkpad T490
I've recently installed Ubuntu 20.04 on my Thinkpad T490 and i noticed something strage and different on CPU temperatures on Ubuntu compared to Windows.
I don't know why, but on boot the fan spins ...
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How to submit a bug report to Ubuntu about Raspberry Pi5 fan speed? [closed]
Fan speed control does not work on Ubuntu 23.10 due to they are using an old bcm2712-rpi-5-b.dtb file.
That updated file is present in the raspberry repo
https://github.com/raspberrypi/firmware/blob/...
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HP Notebook fan not controlled
The sensor software displays a fan speed of 0, as shown in the following figure:
It's a HP Victus by HP Gaming Laptop 16-r0xx. The fan cannot be controlled using the fancontrol software, even though ...
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Ubuntu 22.04 fan speed / CPU performance too low
My laptop (Dell Precision 7560, i7-11850H, Ubuntu 22.04, kernel 5.17) really felt sluggish, so I ran Passmark and to my shock the results were abysmal.
Compared to the average, single threaded was ...
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Dell XPS 15 9570 - How to control the fans?
I'm running dualboot Windows 10 and Ubuntu 18.04 (using the respin from this link). Everything works properly, however the fans are continuously going on and off. The CPU temp is between 39 - 42 ...
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i8kctl not working for Dell Inspiron fan control
I am trying to control the fan speed manually using the i8kctl package for dell laptops.
System - Ubuntu 16.04, 4.17.19-041719-generic
Dell 7567 Inspiron
I followed the instructions in https://...
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/usr/sbin/pwmconfig: There are no pwm-capable sensor modules installed with a SuperMicro mainboard
Trying to follow these instructions:
How to control fan speed?
sensors-detect added this module: coretemp
I get this error when runnting pwmconfig:
/usr/sbin/pwmconfig: There are no pwm-capable ...
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Change fan curve on 16.04
I need to know how to change the fan curve on my laptop, specifically making the fan go up when the CPU reaches 80 C rather than 95 C because I don't want the CPU getting damaged by high temperatures. ...
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Dell XPS 13 9315 controlling fan
I have been having trouble getting Ubuntu to control the fans instead of the BIOS on my Dell XPS 13 9315. I have tried most things suggested online, but two problems persist:
i8kctl returns -1s:
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Fan speed control on Raspberry Pi 5 not working In Ubuntu 23.10
The fan speed control when running Ubuntu 23.10 on a Raspberry Pi 5 does not appear to be working. The fan runs at near maximum speed all the time and the cur_state in /sys/class/thermal/...
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The fan rotates at a high speed and the system does not boot
I know this can't be OS related completely, but maybe a solution can be provided for it. I connected a broken vga cable to my dual boot system
The problem was that the vga cable was broken and Ubuntu ...
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Control Asus Rog Strix g15 laptop fan speed in ubuntu
I've recently installed Ubuntu Server 22.04 and I can't controll the fan speed using the asus-nb-wmi, it's not working.
I've tried manually changing the throttle_thermal_policy to 0, 1 and 2 and ...
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Fan running at max speed even at low temperaure
I'm using a Dell Latitude 7490 model and Ubuntu has been installed on it for a while but I have never faced this problem. The fan starts running automatically and at any time even when the laptop is ...
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Unable to control fan speed on NZXT
I'm unable to find a way to control the multiple fans on my new NZXT computer (Ubuntu 22.04). I have tried the common method of using lm-sensors and fancontrol, but have been unsuccessful. After ...
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Unable to change NVIDIA GeForce fans
I am running a remote Ubuntu system. I have ssh access and VNC desktop access with xfce4.
When running my GPU the fans only go up to about 60% and it's running about 85°C.
I understand that you can ...
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NVIDIA GPU fan won't spin under 30% in Ubuntu - Noise is crazy
In Ubuntu the fan noise when idle is driving me crazy. The GPU temperature might be 25c, and the fan keeps spinning furiously.
I have a 3060TI. The fan can't be set under 30% no matter what I do. I ...
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Dell Optiplex Fan not triggered at high temperature
I noticed recently that my Dell Optiplex 7069 miniPC tends to run quite hot as the fans don't seem to increase speed even when it gets hot. On inspection, I could see that the CPU was at 90degC and ...
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Predator Sense on Ubuntu
I have acer Predator helios 300 PH315-51. I wish to shift to Ubuntu full time and remove Windows 10. However the only thing holding me back is the Predator Sense software, which is available for ...
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Case and CPU fans would randomly spin slowly or stopping alltogether
My case and CPU fans would randomly stop spinning, or spin down (few hundred RPM) then stopping completely. It occurs every few days, the most recent event occurred approximately 1hr after resuming ...
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How to control fan speeds on Asus Laptop (Ubuntu 22.04.1 LTS)
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Hey guys, first of all I'm a total noob with ubuntu. I installed ubuntu 5 days ago to run stable diffusion with rocm. After trying for 5 days and getting a headache, I was finally able to run ...
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Ubuntu fan noise while watching videos
While watching videos on either YouTube or anywhere else, on Ubuntu 22.04 creates high CPU utilization and fan noise. What's the reason? Is this okay and how do I avoid it?
My Windows dual booted with ...
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My Dell laptop fan is not spinning
I have dual-booted my Dell laptop. Now I have Windows 11 and Ubuntu. My problem is my fan is not spinning in my Ubuntu OS. But it spins when I at my windows OS. That is why When I worked on my Ubuntu ...
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Reducing frequencies to limit the fan noise [Ryzen APU / Ubuntu 23.04]
Recently I bought a Topton Ryzen 9 5900hx minipc which is silent under normal usage, but become very loud under load and needed some way to make it quieter.
I tried lm-sensors and fancontrol, but the ...
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Laptop fans won't stop running after upgrading from Ubuntu 22.04 to Ubuntu 23.04
Did the upgrade yesterday and my fans just won't stop. This was not happening on Ubuntu 22.04
Hardware Model: Dell Inc. Precision 3560
Firmware version: 1.26.2
Memory: 16.0 GiB
Processor: 11th Gen ...
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How to control fans on an asus laptop
I'm dual booting Ubuntu 20.04 on an Asus TUF FX505DT laptop and my main problem now is the lack of control of fan speed of my laptop. When I'm on win 10 I can simply press fn+f5 and circle through ...
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Unable to Control NVIDIA Fan Speed
NVIDIA X Server Settings
In NVIDIA X Server Settings it is showing: Failed to set new Fan Speed
From terminal I have tried the following command:
nvidia-settings -a GPUFanControlState=1 -a ...
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installing i8kutils stops loud fan noise
I have an Ubuntu 14.04 desktop on a Dell 5521 laptop. When I install i8kutils, fan noise stops suddenly without doing any configuration. When I check with i8kfan command, output is -1 0. When I want ...
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Unable to set Nvidia GPU Fan Speeds
I am trying to set the Nvidia GPU fan speeds from inside a Ubuntu-based Docker container on a machine with Nvidia RTX 3090. To conserve GPU VRAM, X server is not running.
How can the GPU fan speeds be ...
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How do I adjust the fan speed on my NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti?
I have an NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti graphics card that has a base fan speed of 0 and because of that the GPU hits 50℃ to 60℃. That is too hot. Even when the fans are on minimum, it sits at high to ...
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Ubuntu 22.04 stuck on shutdown screen
When I shutdown my Dell XPS 15 (9510) laptop, it hangs on the shutdown screen. This is the black screen with the Dell logo in the middle and the Ubuntu logo along the bottom. For a few seconds it ...
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Unable to tweak 2nd GPU fan speed on Ubuntu 22.04
I have 2 graphics card on my PC. One is GTX Titan Xp and the other is ASUS TUF RTX 4090. I wanted to adjust fan speed of 4090 but I got some errors. The OS is Ubuntu 22.04. Here's the detail.
This is ...
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POP desktop : What is this 'gjs' process which taking up so much memory and cpu?
I have installed pop-desktop on my Ubuntu 20.04 and found that the environment is way faster, smoother than my past GNOME Shell. What is odd is that, there is a process named gjs and its taking up ...
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ARGB Fans are not working after Installing Ubuntu Alongside Windows
My PC came prebuilt and the ARGB lighted chassis fans worked fine; I was able to control fan curves and set lighting. After installing Ubuntu alongside Windows in a dual boot setup I cannot control ...
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Fan working non stop on Ubuntu 23.04
Before doing the 23.04 update (Lunar Lobster), fan on my laptop were loud, but they stopped sometimes...
After the OS update, they run non stop and they are loud, even during light work overload like ...
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Laptop running too hot, 23.04, almost fresh install
I have a recurring problem with my Dell XPS 9700 and Ubuntu 23.04: the CPU temperature rises to about 60°C causing the fans to get annoyingly loud.
There is no apparent load on the CPU that could be ...
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Fan speed always at maximum, how to solve?
Suddenly during use the fan starts and stays at maximum.
I notice from the report below that the temperature is very high. How can I isolate the problem?
inxi -Fxpmzr
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Kernel: 5.19.0-45-...
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USB fan controller
I'd like to control the speed of 3 fans:
CPU fan (3-pin fan connector; connected to mainboard)
2x chassis fan (3-pin fan connector; connected to power supply via molex adapter)
Unfortunately, it ...
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lm-sensor doesn't show fan speed
Well. I'm really tired of this. I'm trying to detect my CPU fan speed but without success. Problem is I have this Nuvoton 6798D chip (mobo: ASUS TUF GAMING B560M-E) and the only workaround which I ...
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I have shutdown problems on Ubuntu 22.10
My HP laptop isn't shutting down correctly under Ubuntu 22.10.
The OS shuts down, and the screen also turns off, but the fan and the led indicator on network key remain on.
I need to press and hold ...
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Cooling fan problem on Acer Nitro 5
I am using an Acer Nitro 5 with dual boot Windows 10 and Ubuntu 16.04. The cooling fan works great while on Windows but the laptop overheats when working on Ubuntu, with no sound of the fan working. I ...
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