My fan is going crazy!

Ecsit · #1 23rd February 2013, 01:07 PM

It's either the fan on my graphics card or the fan on my cpu, but it has gotten REALLY LOUD as of yesterday
. . . Is this a Fedora thing, or should I open up my computer, clean it, and maybe order more cooling paste?

I have an extension already that lets me control the gpu fan from high to low, and I always have it set on low
. . .

I just hope my computer doesn't burn out

***Dan*** · #2 23rd February 2013, 01:50 PM

I'd install Gkrellm, lm_sensors and get a realistic picture of what the dynamic thermal situation actually is.

george_toolan · #3 23rd February 2013, 04:04 PM

After you install lm_sensors run sensors-detect and have a look at the temperatures and fan speeds.

If you fan is "REALLY LOUD" then maybe it's already too late and you're going to need a new fan ;-)

But you should open the case and find out what's going on inside.

joncr · #4 23rd February 2013, 04:33 PM

I know this sounds bloody obvious, but I've had fans start making all kinds of noise because a cable had moved an n'th of an inch, just enough to be ever-so-slightly clipped by a blade.

mikee · #5 23rd February 2013, 05:15 PM

Does the fan do this when you first power up? (before Fedora is up)
Maybe the bios got reset and the "smart fan control" setting is off.
(That's the default on my motherboard and it recently reset).
Maybe check the bios settings if the fans spin fast right away.

Ecsit · #6 23rd February 2013, 06:41 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by mikee

Does the fan do this when you first power up? (before Fedora is up)
Maybe the bios got reset and the "smart fan control" setting is off.
(That's the default on my motherboard and it recently reset).
Maybe check the bios settings if the fans spin fast right away.

Nah, it's kinda random actually . . . and then it goes back down after a while too . . . o.O

mikee · #7 23rd February 2013, 06:50 PM

Better install some of the software that was suggested then and see what is going on!

I just installed gkrellm. It's pretty cool.

***Dan*** · #8 23rd February 2013, 08:31 PM

If you are using a blue-based desktop theme, this might work for you. (Gkrellm theme)

george_toolan · #9 24th February 2013, 12:17 PM

You have to unzip this theme in the gkrellm directory

Code:

cd ~/.gkrellm2/themes/
unzip ~/Downloads/blulog.zip

then you can activate it in the "Themes" menu.

Your theme is very "blue" and much larger than the original theme.

infestor · #10 24th February 2013, 12:51 PM

if you run KDE you can use the temperature widget. but you still need to install lm-sensors and run a sensors-detect

marko · #11 24th February 2013, 05:37 PM

You could use fancontrol which is in the lm_sensors package, to force fans to whatever speed you want but that would be dangerous. The idea is to use lm_sensors to confirm the hardware isn't hot (and so the high speed of the fan is incorrectly being used), then and only then use fancontrol to slow them down. The problem is I looked at fancontrol and it's hard to even see where the critical calls are or how it works, it seems to use echo to poke values into the hardware but I'm not sure. It seems hard to read to me.

***Dan*** · #12 24th February 2013, 06:14 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by george_toolan

You have to unzip this theme in the gkrellm directory

Code:

cd ~/.gkrellm2/themes/
unzip ~/Downloads/blulog.zip

then you can activate it in the "Themes" menu.

Your theme is very "blue" and much larger than the original theme.

What can I say. Tri-focals (and especially the need for them) suck.