On Friday 28 November 2008, Nikos Chantziaras wrote: > Volker Armin Hemmann wrote: > > On Friday 28 November 2008, Grant wrote: > >> I just upgraded my AMD X2 4000+ to a 6000+. The fan that came with > >> the 4000+ always sounded like it had one speed and it was quiet. The > >> 6000+ comes with a fan that seems to have two speeds and the faster > >> speed is pretty loud. Can I get the fan to never increase to the > >> higher speed? > >> > >> - Grant > > > > the box cooler is PWM controlled. > > > > FORGET BIOS. > > > > There is a much better solution: fancontrol. It is part of lm_sensors and > > adapts the fan speed to the cpu temperature. > > > > The app to config it is 'pwmconfig' > > BIOS works just as well here.
no it is not 'as well'. fancontrol is much more flexible than bios.