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Daniel Dalton
Dec 22, 2012, 3:40:01 AM12/22/12
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Hello,
I'm using a Dell vostro 3350 machine.
At times I feel the intensity of the fan is unnecessarily high.
This occurs when for example using firefox or watching flash.
It seems most times when I restart the gui the fan returns to normal
speed.
This is a concern because it obviously will effect battery life.
So I'm wondering if this is unusual behaviour, and if so how to maybe
correct it?
I've looked at thinkafan but no idea what I'm doing to be honest.
Thanks in advance for any help.
Cheers,
Dan
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I'm using a Dell vostro 3350 machine.
At times I feel the intensity of the fan is unnecessarily high.
This occurs when for example using firefox or watching flash.
It seems most times when I restart the gui the fan returns to normal
speed.
This is a concern because it obviously will effect battery life.
So I'm wondering if this is unusual behaviour, and if so how to maybe
correct it?
I've looked at thinkafan but no idea what I'm doing to be honest.
Thanks in advance for any help.
Cheers,
Dan
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Jack Schneider
Dec 22, 2012, 12:40:02 PM12/22/12
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On Sat, 22 Dec 2012 19:33:31 +1100
Daniel Dalton <d.da...@iinet.net.au> wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I'm using a Dell vostro 3350 machine.
>
> At times I feel the intensity of the fan is unnecessarily high.
>
> This occurs when for example using firefox or watching flash.
>
> It seems most times when I restart the gui the fan returns to normal
> speed.
>
> This is a concern because it obviously will effect battery life.
>
> So I'm wondering if this is unusual behaviour, and if so how to maybe
> correct it?
>
> I've looked at thinkafan but no idea what I'm doing to be honest.
>
> Thanks in advance for any help.
>
> Cheers,
> Dan
>
>
Hey,Daniel
Daniel Dalton <d.da...@iinet.net.au> wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I'm using a Dell vostro 3350 machine.
>
> At times I feel the intensity of the fan is unnecessarily high.
>
> This occurs when for example using firefox or watching flash.
>
> It seems most times when I restart the gui the fan returns to normal
> speed.
>
> This is a concern because it obviously will effect battery life.
>
> So I'm wondering if this is unusual behaviour, and if so how to maybe
> correct it?
>
> I've looked at thinkafan but no idea what I'm doing to be honest.
>
> Thanks in advance for any help.
>
> Cheers,
> Dan
>
>
Try i8kutils, Dell laptops do their own thing!!
Jack
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Hans-J. Ullrich
Dec 22, 2012, 12:50:01 PM12/22/12
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Am Samstag, 22. Dezember 2012 schrieb Jack Schneider:
> On Sat, 22 Dec 2012 19:33:31 +1100
>
> Daniel Dalton <d.da...@iinet.net.au> wrote:
> > Hello,
> >
> > I'm using a Dell vostro 3350 machine.
> >
> > At times I feel the intensity of the fan is unnecessarily high.
> >
> > This occurs when for example using firefox or watching flash.
> >
> > It seems most times when I restart the gui the fan returns to normal
> > speed.
> >
> > This is a concern because it obviously will effect battery life.
> >
> > So I'm wondering if this is unusual behaviour, and if so how to maybe
> > correct it?
> >
> > I've looked at thinkafan but no idea what I'm doing to be honest.
> >
> > Thanks in advance for any help.
> >
> > Cheers,
> > Dan
Hi Daniel,
> On Sat, 22 Dec 2012 19:33:31 +1100
>
> Daniel Dalton <d.da...@iinet.net.au> wrote:
> > Hello,
> >
> > I'm using a Dell vostro 3350 machine.
> >
> > At times I feel the intensity of the fan is unnecessarily high.
> >
> > This occurs when for example using firefox or watching flash.
> >
> > It seems most times when I restart the gui the fan returns to normal
> > speed.
> >
> > This is a concern because it obviously will effect battery life.
> >
> > So I'm wondering if this is unusual behaviour, and if so how to maybe
> > correct it?
> >
> > I've looked at thinkafan but no idea what I'm doing to be honest.
> >
> > Thanks in advance for any help.
> >
> > Cheers,
> > Dan
just make sure, that the cooler free of dust. After some time, there is a lot
of dust in the cooler, which is clogging the air exit.
If this is ok, you might want to try pwmconfig, which is creating the
configurationfile for fancontrol (/etc/fancontrol).
Good luck!
Hans
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Daniel Dalton
Dec 25, 2012, 10:00:02 PM12/25/12
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On Sat, Dec 22, 2012 at 11:33:04AM -0600, Jack Schneider wrote:
> Hey,Daniel
Hey Jack,
>
> Try i8kutils, Dell laptops do their own thing!!
Thanks! It seems to be for latitude and inspiron, but I have vostro.
I will try it anyway.
Thanks,
Dan
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> Hey,Daniel
Hey Jack,
>
> Try i8kutils, Dell laptops do their own thing!!
I will try it anyway.
Thanks,
Dan
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Daniel Dalton
Dec 25, 2012, 10:00:02 PM12/25/12
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On Sat, Dec 22, 2012 at 06:44:49PM +0100, Hans-J. Ullrich wrote:
> just make sure, that the cooler free of dust. After some time, there is a lot
> of dust in the cooler, which is clogging the air exit.
Hi Hans,
> just make sure, that the cooler free of dust. After some time, there is a lot
> of dust in the cooler, which is clogging the air exit.
Pretty sure the cooler is free of dust now.
>
> If this is ok, you might want to try pwmconfig, which is creating the
> configurationfile for fancontrol (/etc/fancontrol).
Thanks for the idea.
Cheers,
Dan
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