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From: Volker Armin Hemmann <volker.armin.hemmann@××××××××××××.de>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Quieting a 2-speed, loud CPU fan
Date: Fri, 28 Nov 2008 21:13:11
Message-Id: 200811282211.59084.volker.armin.hemmann@tu-clausthal.de
In Reply to: [gentoo-user] Quieting a 2-speed, loud CPU fan by Grant
1 On Friday 28 November 2008, Grant wrote:
2 > I just upgraded my AMD X2 4000+ to a 6000+. The fan that came with
3 > the 4000+ always sounded like it had one speed and it was quiet. The
4 > 6000+ comes with a fan that seems to have two speeds and the faster
5 > speed is pretty loud. Can I get the fan to never increase to the
6 > higher speed?
7 >
8 > - Grant
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11 the box cooler is PWM controlled.
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13 FORGET BIOS.
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15 There is a much better solution: fancontrol. It is part of lm_sensors and
16 adapts the fan speed to the cpu temperature.
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18 The app to config it is 'pwmconfig'

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[gentoo-user] Re: Quieting a 2-speed, loud CPU fan Nikos Chantziaras <realnc@×××××.de>
Re: [gentoo-user] Quieting a 2-speed, loud CPU fan Grant <emailgrant@×××××.com>