How to control cpu fan speed? no fan control with BIOS, acpi, lm-sensors
I cannot get any fan information from 'lm-sensors' or 'sensors', I tried to run 'pwmconfig' and got this:
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/usr/sbin/pwmconfig: There are no pwm-capable sensor modules installed Code:
~$ acpi -c There are no fan info/controls in BIOS either. I believe the fans do not work as fast as they should and I am trying to find a way to fix this before the cpu cores are melted down from overheating. Any idea folks? Laptop information: HP Pavilion dv2500t Code:
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im dealing with same problem and im sensors is retarted and never wants to work same as (cough)*ubuntu*(cough)
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Been there on a HP Compaq 6715S (quite similar). Twin turion 2 Ghz, etc.
Boot a distro kernel, run sensors-detect and set it up to list the modules. Ignore all smart alecs telling you to install ubuntu. I did that and I have _never_ had a slower starting & running box in my life. I go back as far as 386s, but my first real linux box was a '586 with 64 Megs of ram & kde-2.2. THAT was faster than ubuntu. EDIT: lm_sensors seems to be for folks with no life who want to reprofile their box's thermal behaviour or add temperature monitoring for their outside jacks or somesuch - I never quite figured out which. What it does a good job of is finding your sensors so you can throw modules at them. |
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HWMON_MODULES="coretemp" |
I'd be surprised if there were. You want temperature monitoring chips.
Are you scanning _everything_ with sensors-detect? Code:
What you need to see is temperature chips for your cpu. Here is what I get |
Hello together,
you will need a module to enable the cpu-frequency support, for the AMD-processors it is "powernow-k8", for Intel Core2Duo (which seems to be in startover's laptop) there should be a module "acpi-cpufreq" loaded. Check Code:
lsmod | grep acpi Code:
modprobe acpi-cpufreq Markus |
i have the same problem on my hp laptop on vista the fan is controlled and slow but on opensuse 11.3 is is really loud and gets realy hot (93 degrees c)
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~$ su -c 'sensors-detect' |
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Where I have k8, you have coretemp. That is really the critical one, cpu core temperature.
bash-4.1$ lsmod |grep k8 powernow_k8 11244 1 freq_table 2475 2 cpufreq_ondemand,powernow_k8 processor 29915 1 powernow_k8 k8temp 3395 0 hwmon 1449 2 thermal_sys,k8temp I would run 'modprobe coretemp' and then lsmod |grep coretemp |
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~$ lsmod |grep coretemp |
Then I reckon something else is missing and lm_sensors didn't find it, because you don't have a manual for it. Try for other owners
http://www.linux-laptop.net |
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I did lots of google search on that website and didn't get anything useful |
Well, I tried. Nobody twists my arm - I'm a volunteer, trying to help.
The bottom line is that I don't think you are talking to temperature control chip. |
Make sure to have the modules 'fan' 'processor' 'thermal' inserted. I don't think the lm-sensors are important.
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I just said that my problem is not solved yet, Quote:
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~$ modprobe --first-time -a processor thermal fan |
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Maybe clean the dust out. Also, how exactly do you know that the fans are not running at full speed ?
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@business_kid: In some cases it really can become handy to monitor temperatures, especially if you are like me and sometimes accidently cover the little slits for cooling on your laptop. @startover: I have the same problem on my laptop, I can't monitor the fan speed. But that doesn't bother me, because I don't have to. The only important measurement is the CPU temperature, so the first thing to go for should be to get that working. Forget about the fans now, we will get back to that later, if even necessary. Please have a look at /proc/acpi/thermal_zone and look for your CPU. The directory for my CPU for example is named CPUZ. Look into this folder (if there is one and post the files you see. |
@business_kid: In some cases it really can become handy to monitor temperatures, especially if you are like me and sometimes accidentally cover the little slits for cooling on your laptop.
I don't deny it. I use acpitools. |
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