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From: Nikos Chantziaras <realnc@×××××.de>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: [gentoo-user] Re: Quieting a 2-speed, loud CPU fan
Date: Fri, 28 Nov 2008 21:40:32
Message-Id: ggpofq$3vk$1@ger.gmane.org
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] Quieting a 2-speed, loud CPU fan by Volker Armin Hemmann
1 Volker Armin Hemmann wrote:
2 > On Friday 28 November 2008, Grant wrote:
3 >> I just upgraded my AMD X2 4000+ to a 6000+. The fan that came with
4 >> the 4000+ always sounded like it had one speed and it was quiet. The
5 >> 6000+ comes with a fan that seems to have two speeds and the faster
6 >> speed is pretty loud. Can I get the fan to never increase to the
7 >> higher speed?
8 >>
9 >> - Grant
10 >
11 >
12 > the box cooler is PWM controlled.
13 >
14 > FORGET BIOS.
15 >
16 > There is a much better solution: fancontrol. It is part of lm_sensors and
17 > adapts the fan speed to the cpu temperature.
18 >
19 > The app to config it is 'pwmconfig'
20
21 BIOS works just as well here.

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Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Quieting a 2-speed, loud CPU fan Volker Armin Hemmann <volker.armin.hemmann@××××××××××××.de>