The system hasn’t shut down automatically due to overheating yet, but the HDD will reach temperatures of 102 degrees Fahrenheit as far as I know. So, how do I make the fans turn on, or is the HDD supposed to get that hot? Also I think the fans did turn on when I was running … Read more
I have a Lenovo T520, which is annoyingly loud all the time. My CPU however doesn’t do anything and the BIOS is set to “balanced mode”. I tried to check, and the fan control is set to automatic, and even correctly tells the fan to run at low speeds or turn off: root@xubuntu:~# cat /proc/acpi/ibm/fan … Read more
Updated to Kubuntu 15.10, after that the fan is running constantly. I’ve installed tlp, fancontrol, etc. Sensors show a CPU temperature of only 50°C. I’ve got a GT620M but run the offical nvidia driver. Any Ideas? Answer Just installing fancontrol is not enough; you have to set it up. Run pwmconfig I have an nVidia … Read more
I recently installed Ubuntu (18.04.1 LTS) on my old desktop to use as a server. I have been trying to manage the fan speeds, but I cannot get it to work. I started out with this tutorial: How to control fan speed? After that didn’t work I read up that dell’s need some more work … Read more
i ran sudo sensors-detect and it gave me this # sensors-detect version 3.6.0 # System: LENOVO 81H7 [Lenovo ideapad 130-15IKB] (laptop) # Board: LENOVO LNVNB161216 # Kernel: 5.4.0-31-generic x86_64 # Processor: Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-8550U CPU @ 1.80GHz (6/142/10) This program will help you determine which kernel modules you need to load to use lm_sensors most … Read more
I was trying to configure my fan speeds and the process went fairly normal the first time. (Instructions here) I must have messed up somewhere along the way, and now when I try to restart the process I get this kind of message: # pwmconfig version 3.6.0 This program will search your sensors for pulse … Read more
I cannot find the drivers for AMD Radeon HD 7730M (Dell Inspiron 15R Special Edition) on the AMD website! can someone please send me the link to download any open source drivers if available? Also the fan doesn’t stop running when booted into Ubuntu (not the case with Windows 8). Any solutions ? Answer Ubuntu … Read more
hope you can help me, quite frustrating… I used Windows 7 and had no problems with my fans at all. Using Linux in the university I decided to use it at home, too. When you boot your Computer, your fan starts to get loud, but then gets nearly silent. This does not happen, it keeps … Read more
I have an Alienware Aurora-r4 with a liquid cooling system. Before installing Ubuntu my temperatures on Windows would always be around 25°C idle and 30°C when running several applications. Ever since I installed Ubuntu, sensors are showing the temperatures around 35°C to 45°C at idle. Xsensors shows: sensors shows: I think it may have something … Read more
I’m trying to control my ubuntu server’s fan speed. It has an Asrock 970 extreme4 with an AMD 8350. I installed fancontrol etc however when I run pwmconfig it outputs: Found the following devices: hwmon0 is nct6776 hwmon1 is fam15h_power hwmon2 is k10temp Found the following PWM controls: hwmon0/pwm1 current value: 255 hwmon0/pwm2 current value: … Read more
