Laptop runs too hot, the fan runs silent
I'm currently using Ubuntu 18.10 on a machine with Nvidia OPTIMUS (GeForce 650M on Samsung NP550P5C-S01IN). Currently for Nvidia, I'm using nvidia-driver-390, though current selected GPU is Intel.
My idle CPU temperate resides in the range of 68C to 75C (154F to 167F) which is too hot. The weird thing is that the fan runs at really low speed. I know the fan can run faster because during GRUB screen, before selecting the OS, the fan spins much much faster (can even hear it).
Yesterday, I even cleaned up the fans and replaced thermal compound, which only helped with lowering like 2-3C.
The fan does not have speed control but in Windows 7, I did used to have the option to run the fan 'silently' (i.e, slower).
Hope I can get some help with this.
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I'm currently using Ubuntu 18.10 on a machine with Nvidia OPTIMUS (GeForce 650M on Samsung NP550P5C-S01IN). Currently for Nvidia, I'm using nvidia-driver-390, though current selected GPU is Intel.
My idle CPU temperate resides in the range of 68C to 75C (154F to 167F) which is too hot. The weird thing is that the fan runs at really low speed. I know the fan can run faster because during GRUB screen, before selecting the OS, the fan spins much much faster (can even hear it).
Yesterday, I even cleaned up the fans and replaced thermal compound, which only helped with lowering like 2-3C.
The fan does not have speed control but in Windows 7, I did used to have the option to run the fan 'silently' (i.e, slower).
Hope I can get some help with this.
nvidia overheating fan 18.10
edited 2 days ago
Kristopher Ives
1,5791016
asked 2 days ago
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Did you check your BIOS settings ? Most of BIOS have a rule setting when to activate fan speed at full once the temperature reaches the given limit.
– JoKeR
2 days ago
No, there's no such setting. The only setting that's seems like it can effect temperature is "CPU Power Saving Mode" which is turned off.
– about 99 ninjas
2 days ago
Maybe you should check your motherboard specifications. As far as I remember I even had this settings on motherboard which is 10 years old. Here's a close article smallbusiness.chron.com/turn-up-fan-speed-computer-53039.html
– JoKeR
2 days ago
Nope there is no such configuration even though as on now, the laptop is 7 years old.
– about 99 ninjas
2 days ago
This might belp: askubuntu.com/questions/391474/stop-cpu-from-overheating/…
– WinEunuuchs2Unix
2 days ago
add a comment |
I'm currently using Ubuntu 18.10 on a machine with Nvidia OPTIMUS (GeForce 650M on Samsung NP550P5C-S01IN). Currently for Nvidia, I'm using nvidia-driver-390, though current selected GPU is Intel.
My idle CPU temperate resides in the range of 68C to 75C (154F to 167F) which is too hot. The weird thing is that the fan runs at really low speed. I know the fan can run faster because during GRUB screen, before selecting the OS, the fan spins much much faster (can even hear it).
Yesterday, I even cleaned up the fans and replaced thermal compound, which only helped with lowering like 2-3C.
The fan does not have speed control but in Windows 7, I did used to have the option to run the fan 'silently' (i.e, slower).
Hope I can get some help with this.
nvidia overheating fan 18.10
edited 2 days ago
Kristopher Ives
1,5791016
asked 2 days ago
about 99 ninjas
171114
I'm currently using Ubuntu 18.10 on a machine with Nvidia OPTIMUS (GeForce 650M on Samsung NP550P5C-S01IN). Currently for Nvidia, I'm using nvidia-driver-390, though current selected GPU is Intel.
My idle CPU temperate resides in the range of 68C to 75C (154F to 167F) which is too hot. The weird thing is that the fan runs at really low speed. I know the fan can run faster because during GRUB screen, before selecting the OS, the fan spins much much faster (can even hear it).
Yesterday, I even cleaned up the fans and replaced thermal compound, which only helped with lowering like 2-3C.
The fan does not have speed control but in Windows 7, I did used to have the option to run the fan 'silently' (i.e, slower).
Hope I can get some help with this.
nvidia overheating fan 18.10
nvidia overheating fan 18.10
edited 2 days ago
Kristopher Ives
1,5791016
asked 2 days ago
about 99 ninjas
171114
edited 2 days ago
Kristopher Ives
1,5791016
asked 2 days ago
about 99 ninjas
171114
edited 2 days ago
Kristopher Ives
1,5791016
edited 2 days ago
Kristopher Ives
1,5791016
edited 2 days ago
Kristopher Ives
1,5791016
1,5791016
asked 2 days ago
about 99 ninjas
171114
asked 2 days ago
about 99 ninjas
171114
asked 2 days ago
about 99 ninjas
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171114
Did you check your BIOS settings ? Most of BIOS have a rule setting when to activate fan speed at full once the temperature reaches the given limit.
– JoKeR
2 days ago
No, there's no such setting. The only setting that's seems like it can effect temperature is "CPU Power Saving Mode" which is turned off.
– about 99 ninjas
2 days ago
Maybe you should check your motherboard specifications. As far as I remember I even had this settings on motherboard which is 10 years old. Here's a close article smallbusiness.chron.com/turn-up-fan-speed-computer-53039.html
– JoKeR
2 days ago
Nope there is no such configuration even though as on now, the laptop is 7 years old.
– about 99 ninjas
2 days ago
This might belp: askubuntu.com/questions/391474/stop-cpu-from-overheating/…
– WinEunuuchs2Unix
2 days ago
add a comment |
Did you check your BIOS settings ? Most of BIOS have a rule setting when to activate fan speed at full once the temperature reaches the given limit.
– JoKeR
2 days ago
No, there's no such setting. The only setting that's seems like it can effect temperature is "CPU Power Saving Mode" which is turned off.
– about 99 ninjas
2 days ago
Maybe you should check your motherboard specifications. As far as I remember I even had this settings on motherboard which is 10 years old. Here's a close article smallbusiness.chron.com/turn-up-fan-speed-computer-53039.html
– JoKeR
2 days ago
Nope there is no such configuration even though as on now, the laptop is 7 years old.
– about 99 ninjas
2 days ago
This might belp: askubuntu.com/questions/391474/stop-cpu-from-overheating/…
– WinEunuuchs2Unix
2 days ago
Did you check your BIOS settings ? Most of BIOS have a rule setting when to activate fan speed at full once the temperature reaches the given limit.
– JoKeR
2 days ago
Did you check your BIOS settings ? Most of BIOS have a rule setting when to activate fan speed at full once the temperature reaches the given limit.
– JoKeR
2 days ago
No, there's no such setting. The only setting that's seems like it can effect temperature is "CPU Power Saving Mode" which is turned off.
– about 99 ninjas
2 days ago
No, there's no such setting. The only setting that's seems like it can effect temperature is "CPU Power Saving Mode" which is turned off.
– about 99 ninjas
2 days ago
Maybe you should check your motherboard specifications. As far as I remember I even had this settings on motherboard which is 10 years old. Here's a close article smallbusiness.chron.com/turn-up-fan-speed-computer-53039.html
– JoKeR
2 days ago
Maybe you should check your motherboard specifications. As far as I remember I even had this settings on motherboard which is 10 years old. Here's a close article smallbusiness.chron.com/turn-up-fan-speed-computer-53039.html
– JoKeR
2 days ago
Nope there is no such configuration even though as on now, the laptop is 7 years old.
– about 99 ninjas
2 days ago
Nope there is no such configuration even though as on now, the laptop is 7 years old.
– about 99 ninjas
2 days ago
This might belp: askubuntu.com/questions/391474/stop-cpu-from-overheating/…
– WinEunuuchs2Unix
2 days ago
This might belp: askubuntu.com/questions/391474/stop-cpu-from-overheating/…
– WinEunuuchs2Unix
2 days ago
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Depending on the laptop model your fan may be controllable via software, such as the fancontrol package, pwmconfig or by directly putting values into the /sys/classes/thermal/cooling_device*/cur_state values. However, testing with the latter it seems these values didn't cause the fans to get turned on. My understanding is that these are part of the ACPI subsystem and many vendors expose some details in the "tables" but don't honor the writes - so the fans don't actually get turned on.
For some vendor specific laptops (Dell) there are utilities that make specific requests to the fan controllers that do work, but I am not aware of any that do this for Samsung devices.
I did used to have the option to run the fan 'silently' (i.e, slower).
It's possible that by setting certain power configurations as you did in Windows is how the fan controller is determining when to turn on and off. In Linux these are often known as "governors" and can be modified using the cpupower command.
Another interesting side note is that if you "soft" shutdown from Windows sometimes it leaves the fan controller in a strange state, with some users reporting that their fan works in Linux when they use a full shutdown followed up with a real power button press when rebooting: Source
answered 2 days ago
Kristopher Ives
1,5791016
as per pwmconfig," /usr/sbin/pwmconfig: There are no pwm-capable sensor modules installed"
– about 99 ninjas
2 days ago
add a comment |
Remove pwmconfig, and any values you placed into /sys/classes/thermal/cooling_device*/cur_state.
Install and configure thermald. This will help keep your computer cooler.
If fan control isn't fast enough, you may need to customize /etc/thermald/thermal-conf.xml.
answered 2 days ago
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Depending on the laptop model your fan may be controllable via software, such as the fancontrol package, pwmconfig or by directly putting values into the /sys/classes/thermal/cooling_device*/cur_state values. However, testing with the latter it seems these values didn't cause the fans to get turned on. My understanding is that these are part of the ACPI subsystem and many vendors expose some details in the "tables" but don't honor the writes - so the fans don't actually get turned on.
For some vendor specific laptops (Dell) there are utilities that make specific requests to the fan controllers that do work, but I am not aware of any that do this for Samsung devices.
I did used to have the option to run the fan 'silently' (i.e, slower).
It's possible that by setting certain power configurations as you did in Windows is how the fan controller is determining when to turn on and off. In Linux these are often known as "governors" and can be modified using the cpupower command.
Another interesting side note is that if you "soft" shutdown from Windows sometimes it leaves the fan controller in a strange state, with some users reporting that their fan works in Linux when they use a full shutdown followed up with a real power button press when rebooting: Source
answered 2 days ago
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as per pwmconfig," /usr/sbin/pwmconfig: There are no pwm-capable sensor modules installed"
– about 99 ninjas
2 days ago
add a comment |
Depending on the laptop model your fan may be controllable via software, such as the fancontrol package, pwmconfig or by directly putting values into the /sys/classes/thermal/cooling_device*/cur_state values. However, testing with the latter it seems these values didn't cause the fans to get turned on. My understanding is that these are part of the ACPI subsystem and many vendors expose some details in the "tables" but don't honor the writes - so the fans don't actually get turned on.
For some vendor specific laptops (Dell) there are utilities that make specific requests to the fan controllers that do work, but I am not aware of any that do this for Samsung devices.
I did used to have the option to run the fan 'silently' (i.e, slower).
It's possible that by setting certain power configurations as you did in Windows is how the fan controller is determining when to turn on and off. In Linux these are often known as "governors" and can be modified using the cpupower command.
Another interesting side note is that if you "soft" shutdown from Windows sometimes it leaves the fan controller in a strange state, with some users reporting that their fan works in Linux when they use a full shutdown followed up with a real power button press when rebooting: Source
answered 2 days ago
Kristopher Ives
1,5791016
as per pwmconfig," /usr/sbin/pwmconfig: There are no pwm-capable sensor modules installed"
– about 99 ninjas
2 days ago
add a comment |
Depending on the laptop model your fan may be controllable via software, such as the fancontrol package, pwmconfig or by directly putting values into the /sys/classes/thermal/cooling_device*/cur_state values. However, testing with the latter it seems these values didn't cause the fans to get turned on. My understanding is that these are part of the ACPI subsystem and many vendors expose some details in the "tables" but don't honor the writes - so the fans don't actually get turned on.
For some vendor specific laptops (Dell) there are utilities that make specific requests to the fan controllers that do work, but I am not aware of any that do this for Samsung devices.
I did used to have the option to run the fan 'silently' (i.e, slower).
It's possible that by setting certain power configurations as you did in Windows is how the fan controller is determining when to turn on and off. In Linux these are often known as "governors" and can be modified using the cpupower command.
Another interesting side note is that if you "soft" shutdown from Windows sometimes it leaves the fan controller in a strange state, with some users reporting that their fan works in Linux when they use a full shutdown followed up with a real power button press when rebooting: Source
answered 2 days ago
Kristopher Ives
1,5791016
Depending on the laptop model your fan may be controllable via software, such as the fancontrol package, pwmconfig or by directly putting values into the /sys/classes/thermal/cooling_device*/cur_state values. However, testing with the latter it seems these values didn't cause the fans to get turned on. My understanding is that these are part of the ACPI subsystem and many vendors expose some details in the "tables" but don't honor the writes - so the fans don't actually get turned on.
For some vendor specific laptops (Dell) there are utilities that make specific requests to the fan controllers that do work, but I am not aware of any that do this for Samsung devices.
I did used to have the option to run the fan 'silently' (i.e, slower).
It's possible that by setting certain power configurations as you did in Windows is how the fan controller is determining when to turn on and off. In Linux these are often known as "governors" and can be modified using the cpupower command.
Another interesting side note is that if you "soft" shutdown from Windows sometimes it leaves the fan controller in a strange state, with some users reporting that their fan works in Linux when they use a full shutdown followed up with a real power button press when rebooting: Source
answered 2 days ago
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as per pwmconfig," /usr/sbin/pwmconfig: There are no pwm-capable sensor modules installed"
– about 99 ninjas
2 days ago
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as per pwmconfig," /usr/sbin/pwmconfig: There are no pwm-capable sensor modules installed"
– about 99 ninjas
2 days ago
as per pwmconfig," /usr/sbin/pwmconfig: There are no pwm-capable sensor modules installed"
– about 99 ninjas
2 days ago
as per pwmconfig," /usr/sbin/pwmconfig: There are no pwm-capable sensor modules installed"
– about 99 ninjas
2 days ago
add a comment |
Remove pwmconfig, and any values you placed into /sys/classes/thermal/cooling_device*/cur_state.
Install and configure thermald. This will help keep your computer cooler.
If fan control isn't fast enough, you may need to customize /etc/thermald/thermal-conf.xml.
answered 2 days ago
heynnema
18.1k22054
add a comment |
Remove pwmconfig, and any values you placed into /sys/classes/thermal/cooling_device*/cur_state.
Install and configure thermald. This will help keep your computer cooler.
If fan control isn't fast enough, you may need to customize /etc/thermald/thermal-conf.xml.
answered 2 days ago
heynnema
18.1k22054
add a comment |
Remove pwmconfig, and any values you placed into /sys/classes/thermal/cooling_device*/cur_state.
Install and configure thermald. This will help keep your computer cooler.
If fan control isn't fast enough, you may need to customize /etc/thermald/thermal-conf.xml.
answered 2 days ago
heynnema
18.1k22054
Remove pwmconfig, and any values you placed into /sys/classes/thermal/cooling_device*/cur_state.
Install and configure thermald. This will help keep your computer cooler.
If fan control isn't fast enough, you may need to customize /etc/thermald/thermal-conf.xml.
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answered 2 days ago
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Did you check your BIOS settings ? Most of BIOS have a rule setting when to activate fan speed at full once the temperature reaches the given limit.
– JoKeR
2 days ago
No, there's no such setting. The only setting that's seems like it can effect temperature is "CPU Power Saving Mode" which is turned off.
– about 99 ninjas
2 days ago
Maybe you should check your motherboard specifications. As far as I remember I even had this settings on motherboard which is 10 years old. Here's a close article smallbusiness.chron.com/turn-up-fan-speed-computer-53039.html
– JoKeR
2 days ago
Nope there is no such configuration even though as on now, the laptop is 7 years old.
– about 99 ninjas
2 days ago
This might belp: askubuntu.com/questions/391474/stop-cpu-from-overheating/…
– WinEunuuchs2Unix
2 days ago