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I have an asus zenbook with Ubuntu 16.04 installed.

I'm having an issue where the fans are always running on high. Does anyone know how I can resolve this? I have found a number of related topics, but none that seemed to apply to my specific situation.

The only thing I tried previously was an Asus laptop package that wouldn't install on my computer.

All my temps are in the low to mid range, so I don't think it's an issue with CPU usage.

dpkg -l intel-microcode:

Desired=Unknown/Install/Remove/Purge/Hold
| Status=Not/Inst/Conf-files/Unpacked/halF-conf/Half-inst/trig-aWait/Trig-pend
|/ Err?=(none)/Reinst-required (Status,Err: uppercase=bad)
||/ Name                   Version          Architecture     Description
+++-======================-================-================-=================================================
ii  intel-microcode        3.20151106.1     amd64            Processor microcode firmware for Intel CPUs

dpkg -l thermald:

Desired=Unknown/Install/Remove/Purge/Hold
| Status=Not/Inst/Conf-files/Unpacked/halF-conf/Half-inst/trig-aWait/Trig-pend
|/ Err?=(none)/Reinst-required (Status,Err: uppercase=bad)
||/ Name                   Version          Architecture     Description
+++-======================-================-================-=================================================
ii  thermald               1.5-2ubuntu2     amd64            Thermal monitoring and controlling daemon
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  • Have you attempted to get fancontrol working? Does changing CPU governors do anything? – negusp Nov 28 '16 at 14:38
  • running pwmconfig I get "There are no working fan sensors, all readings are 0" – hal Nov 28 '16 at 14:46
  • Many fans are manufacturer-controlled/specific and can't always be controlled by Ubuntu. There are some things you can attempt: http://askubuntu.com/questions/516067/persistent-high-fan-speed-ubuntu-14-04. Both answers listed may provide a solution. I also recommend switching between various CPU governors and checking for any improved results. – negusp Nov 28 '16 at 14:51
  • Thanks, neither of those answers helped though, unfortunately. – hal Nov 28 '16 at 15:01
  • Any options in the BIOS of interest? Updating the BIOS? What happens when you boot a LiveUSB? – negusp Nov 28 '16 at 15:34
  • Nothing in the bios that I could find. I'll have to try booting from usb some other time. – hal Nov 28 '16 at 19:15
  • Can you [edit] your post to include which "related topics" you already addressed that didn't fit your situation? Thank you, this will help us avoid providing you solutions that you've already tried. – Elder Geek Nov 28 '16 at 22:22
  • It's been about a month since I last tried to solve this. I added the only thing I remember from then. – hal Nov 28 '16 at 22:54
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    Check the ASUS web site for a BIOS update for your model. You have Intel processors, yes? Edit your question to include the terminal output of dpkg -l intel-microcode and dpkg -l thermald. – heynnema Nov 28 '16 at 23:31
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    Do you have suitable graphics drivers installed? Otherwise this may just be CPU or GPU running at full speed. – David Foerster Nov 29 '16 at 04:22

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