Fans are hardware devices used for cooling other devices which generate lots of heat.
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How to control fan speed?
How can i control fan speed?
On windows there is wonderful program called speedfan.
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How do I get fan control working?
I know there something called fancontrol, that enables you to control the speed of your system's ventilation. I'd like to let my fans spin a bit faster as my laptop is heating up very easilly. All ...
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Ubuntu on Thinkpad Edge 11/13/14/15
I think a community wiki on problems (and solutions) when installing Ubuntu (10.10) on a Thinkpad Edge 11 would be nice (because I just got one ;)). I'll contribute with my own problems and solutions, ...
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HP Pavilion G6 1209 temperature higher than usual and fan working in 11.10
Installing Ubuntu on this new machine i had various problems, so I asked around ask ubuntu for a solution. This is the latest one! :D
When I start the pc it shows the temperature around 50-55. When I ...
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How to control fan speed in Dell Inspiron 5010 (15R)?
How can I control fan speed on Inspiron 15R? I installed i8kutils as instructed on ubuntuforums but don't know how to use it. Fan makes quite a noise and runs all the time.
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Dell Studio 15, Turnoff after suspend due to overheat, and does not turnon the fan as well [closed]
I am new to Ubuntu and linux as well, the thing is...
I got strange problem with my laptop, I am not sure is the problem with my hardware or the os
I got: Dell Studio 15 (ATI Graphics Card) with ...
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Fan speed in 12.10 too loud
When my PC boots up the fan speed whirls like a beast even when browsing the BIOS, settings, etc, which is fair enough. Previously when I was using Windows it used to calm down as soon as it boots ...
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Laptop overheats and turns off even though the fan runs
I installed Ubuntu 12.10 on my Dell Studio 1747. The laptop fan is up and running as soon as the Ubuntu log on screen appears (even when the laptop is cold). The laptop ends up overheating and turning ...
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What can I do to prevent Ubuntu from overheating my Notebook?
I have an easynote tj65 (2.1 ghz dual core with Geforce GT240M) running Ubuntu 11.10 and Windows 7 in dual-boot-mode.
While Windows 7 doesn't have any comparable issues, Ubuntu is making my notebook ...
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How can I keep the cpu temp low?
I have an HP pavilion dv7, I'm using ubuntu 12.04 so the overheating problem with sandybridge cpu is a lot better.
However my laptop is still becoming too hot to keep on my legs.
The problem is that ...
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dell 7520 (inspiron 15R SE), fan on full speed on 12.04, 12.10, 13.04
the fan on my dell inspiron 7520 (inspiron 15R SE) is constantly running at full speed with alot of noise.
technical details:
GRAPHICS : 2GB AMD RADEON HD 7730M, switchable/hybrid with intel 4000 ...
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Fan Always ON (Laptop HP G62)
Recently, I installed Ubuntu 11.10 on my HP G62. But after I installed i noticed that my laptop fan always ON.
Kindly guide me on how this fix this issue. I'm new to this new lovely O.S.
Thanks!
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How to get fancontrol running? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How do I get fan control working?
I am using fancontrol to make sure that nothing makes more noise than necessary. But since I updated to Oneiric it does not work ...
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Modify manually PWM of my fan (fan speed)
I configured fanspeed but it detects only one "temp" captor...
In Gnome Sensors applet, I can see the temperature of three captors...
The one of my GPU is 75°,
62° for my hard disk
and 32° for my ...
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Dell Inspiron7520 and Ubuntu 12.04 issues
I have a DELL Inspiron 7520 in the highest configuration:
3rd Generation Intel® Core™ i7-3612QM processor (6M Cache, up to 3.1 GHz)
15.6" Full High Definition (1080p) LED Display
8GB3 Dual Channel ...
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Notebook overheating
I'm asking this question because I've tried many tips to solve they don't work and it sounds like a non-fixed bug ubuntu.
My problem is with overheating.
I've recently installed Ubuntu Precise 12.04 ...
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Fan runs constantly on an Acer Aspire s3
I have a new Acer Aspire S3 notebook and problems with the fan. After installing Ubuntu 11.10 (but also with the Xubuntu live-disc) the fan is running constantly. Is there any possibility to:
Stop ...
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Fans go in overdrive on my Inspiron 9400! What should I do?
After an update to 11.04 the fans of my Inspiron 9400 go in overdrive and never lower speed. Is this normal? It did not happen on any of the other Ubuntu releases.
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HP ProBook 4720s - Fans running constantly at full
I was given a HP Probook 4720s as a work laptop, over the last 2 years I've predominantly used Ubuntu as my OS for work and home, but recently have needed to use Windows 7 as it controls the fans ...
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Fan making noise while running ubuntu
Hi i have a newly installed version of ubuntu 10.10 on my laptop. When i run windows, the fan is working properly and is not making sound. but when i run ubuntu, its making sound and is runnning more ...
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Is there a way to change the speed of a CPU fan?
I got a more powerful CPU and can see from the system load applet that whenever the CPU has got some work, the fan turns up very much.
It's much louder than before even if the CPU was working hard.
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HP Probook 4530s fan constantly running
I have installed Ubuntu 11.10 successfully and everything works perfectly except the fan, it is working constantly and it has nothing to do with the CPU because if I don't open any programs it will ...
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Macbook 8,1 Ubuntu 12.10 CPU Heat
Installed Ubuntu on another partition on my Macbook, which works well sorted the wifi but the problem is that the heat coming off the thing is mental. The fans are going to cool it, and i have ...
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Fan always running, will downgrading to a lower version of ubuntu help?
Noise of the laptop fan always running is very annoying and I can't concentrate on my work but the unwanted noise.
My laptop Configuration:-
Ram: 6GB
Graphics:- Hybrid:-
root@ankit:~# lspci | ...
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How to change CPU fan speed on ThinkPad?
I checked this post on AskUbuntu, but like the OP my BIOS does not have a setting for 'smart fan'. My BIOS though has something similar called 'Thermal Performance' wherein it's already set to maximum ...
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Toshiba Satallite c660 - problems with fan [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
There's an issue with an Alpha/Beta Release of Ubuntu, what should I do?
I am using a toshiba satallite c660.
I am using ubuntu 12.04 (latest build).
I have ...
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How do I cool of my laptop? [closed]
I have a Compaq 8510p, and one of my temp sensors (4) is always reading at 75.0 c with lm-sensors, though acpi reads it at sensor 2. Either way, its at 75.0 c, and thats definitely not good. My ...
