Re: Laptop fan control
Am Samstag, 22. Dezember 2012 schrieb Jack Schneider:
> On Sat, 22 Dec 2012 19:33:31 +1100
>
> Daniel Dalton <d.dalton@iinet.net.au> wrote:
> > Hello,
> >
> > I'm using a Dell vostro 3350 machine.
> >
> > At times I feel the intensity of the fan is unnecessarily high.
> >
> > This occurs when for example using firefox or watching flash.
> >
> > It seems most times when I restart the gui the fan returns to normal
> > speed.
> >
> > This is a concern because it obviously will effect battery life.
> >
> > So I'm wondering if this is unusual behaviour, and if so how to maybe
> > correct it?
> >
> > I've looked at thinkafan but no idea what I'm doing to be honest.
> >
> > Thanks in advance for any help.
> >
> > Cheers,
> > Dan
Hi Daniel,
just make sure, that the cooler free of dust. After some time, there is a lot
of dust in the cooler, which is clogging the air exit.
If this is ok, you might want to try pwmconfig, which is creating the
configurationfile for fancontrol (/etc/fancontrol).
Good luck!
Hans
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