On 10/25/2012 12:06 AM, Zhong wrote: > The problem is, high temperature readings only occur in Debian but not > evident in Windows. So I suspect that it's not a hardware issue but due to my > video card driver. CPU usage were low on debian despite the fan continually > blew for extended periods.
This has come up before, and yes it is a software issue. You might find the answer in the list archives. In that thread I recall beating on the industry for putting laptop/desktop fan speed control in the hands of the BIOS/OS instead of using closed loop feedback hardware circuits, which are both cheap and easy to implement. -- Stan > On Oct 24, 2012, at 11:59 PM, Stan Hoeppner <s...@hardwarefreak.com> wrote: > >> On 10/24/2012 8:54 AM, Zhong wrote: >>> Hi, >>> >>> I'm not sure if this is the second time I've send you this message but >>> regarding about my fan heating up, is there any known issue surrounding the >>> Linux kernel on a similar problem such as mine? >>> >>> Because much of my research on this topic either revolves around open >>> source drivers or manual configuration of certain files. >>> >>> Thank you for your time. >> >> Your first message to Debian had an empty body. This message doesn't >> describe a problem. If you describe the problem we might be able to help. >> >> -- >> Stan >> >> >> -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/508966e3.8060...@hardwarefreak.com
