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Fans are hardware devices used for cooling other devices which generate lots of heat.

Computer fans are a type of hardware used for cooling core components. Fans come in various shapes and forms, often with specific functionality. For example, most processors have a dedicated fan to cool the CPU. Power supply units and north bridges may also have dedicated fans. General cooling fans are called case fans, as they cool an entire case rather than just a single component.

Fan speed on Ubuntu can be measured using the lm-sensors package.

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How can I change the nvidia GPU fan speed?

So im trying ubuntu again after being off it for awhile in win7 i can set gpu fan to 10-30% and its barly reaching 52c , however with ubuntu nvidia set it to 55% wich is really loud on my msi 460gtx. This is the only thing that keeps me from using…
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Fan not detected by lm-sensors

My fan is blowing hard, while my cpu temperature is 32 degrees I tried a lot of things to control my fan. Changed grub file GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="quiet splash acpi_osi= pci=noacpi" _ GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="quiet splash…
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Fan working non-stop on Ubuntu 18.04

I'm running a fresh Ubuntu 18.04 installation. I have an issue with my fan, which is working non-stop. The CPU seems OK. My previous version of Ubuntu (16.04) did not have such a problem. How do I find the source of this problem?
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Laptop cooling fan stops suddenly

I'm having this problem for a long time. The cooling solution (single fan for CPU and GPU) on my LG 590 (5700) laptop, suddenly stops to work and don't start again causing overheat and consequential system shutdown to prevent damage. How can I solve…
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Slow Fan Speed in Ubuntu

I'd like to ask how can I speed up/control my laptop fan speed? My laptop is always going hotter when running Ubuntu 14.04 than running Windows 8.1. According to Psensor status, the Core1 & 2 and the Physical ID temperature could reach arround 55-60…
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how to display fan speeds

I'm using Ubuntu 20.04 with an Asus Prime Z370-A MB lm-sensors does not show fan speeds, and the Asus AI Fan Xpert program only works on Windows. Is there a program that would run on my machine that would display the CPU PWM fan speed? I don't need…
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There are no usable PWM outputs

I just installed ubuntu and I'm trying to fix the fan issue because it's alwaysi working , even when I open the laptop, I'm using an asus rog. I was trying to follow this tutorial How to control fan speed? but got stucked to the part when I type…
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How to get fancontrol running?

Possible Duplicate: How do I get fan control working? I am using fancontrol to make sure that nothing makes more noise than necessary. But since I updated to Oneiric it does not work anymore. The problem is, that the hwmon devices changes any…
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What do I do to slow down fan?

I have an Athlon x2 4600 on an Asus M2N32WS Pro mainboard Bios dated 2006. Since upgrading to Ubuntu 11.10 fan runs constantly. I have run pwmconfig, however, fan still runs at a higher speed than I feel is necessary. I would like it to only run…
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Controlling fan speed on H67N-USB3-B3

I recently got a new computer with a H67N-USB3-B3 motherboard. When running sensors-detect, it doesn't detect the fan controller, only the CPU temp probes. For that reason, running pwmconfig returns that no pwm-capable sensor modules are…
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fan is constantly running in my laptop 13.10

I installed 13.10 on my laptop and it seems as if the fan is constantly running. This is on a sony vaio ultrabook, the fan keeps running even if the cpu load is low. This problem does not occur when running windows, it will turn itself on/off when…
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how do i control the fan speed in macbook pro 13" using ubuntu 12.04

how do I control the fan speed on a macbook pro? I use Ubuntu 12.04 LTS I want the fan run faster because the laptop getting very hot the laptop was released in October 2008 the model number is A1278 can someone please help me
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Loud fans - Dell studio 1558

I'm having a problem with my dell studio 1558 were my fans are running very loud. I never had this problem on windows 7 and I'm really struggling to find a fix for it. I've tried other distro's as well and they have the exact same problem. It…
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Fan always running

I have an HP laptop pavilion dv619ca ( 8 GB RAM ; 64-bit ; i7 ; 256 GB HDD). I installed the latest ubuntu 12.10 but the fan is always running and decreasing my battery life. I need to know how to fix it please. Thanks a million :D.
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Fan startup Ubuntu

After last Ubuntu upgrade to 18.04 my fans are not working from the laptop startup. So they are getting on when my laptop is on 50 celsius. It's not critical but I want them to work from startup. Laptop is Dell G3 3579. Do you know some fan program…
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