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From: Grant <emailgrant@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Quieting a 2-speed, loud CPU fan
Date: Sat, 28 Mar 2009 21:48:13
Message-Id: 49bf44f10903281448w327669a7yddf4bca944b1f18b@mail.gmail.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] Quieting a 2-speed, loud CPU fan by Volker Armin Hemmann
1 >> I just upgraded my AMD X2 4000+ to a 6000+.  The fan that came with
2 >> the 4000+ always sounded like it had one speed and it was quiet.  The
3 >> 6000+ comes with a fan that seems to have two speeds and the faster
4 >> speed is pretty loud.  Can I get the fan to never increase to the
5 >> higher speed?
6 >>
7 >> - Grant
8 >
9 >
10 > the box cooler is PWM controlled.
11 >
12 > FORGET BIOS.
13 >
14 > There is a much better solution: fancontrol. It is part of lm_sensors and
15 > adapts the fan speed to the cpu temperature.
16 >
17 > The app to config it is 'pwmconfig'
18
19 Does anyone have this working with gkrellm?
20
21 - Grant