[Bug 22336] Re: [Bug 22336] Re: laptop overheats when performing CPU intensive tasks.

[Nikolaus Filus]

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Hi,

GreatBunzinni wrote:
> @Nikolaus: Your suggestion worked! Well, it isn't perfect but being able
> to run a full ClamAV scan with the motherboard temperature never going
> beyong 70C was a big thing for me. Thanks! But is it possible to apply
> the same method to throttle up the CPU fan? That would indeed be the
> best workaround I could get.

No, I don't think so, as most laptops have either a broken or limited fan
control, which is heavily restricted by the BIOS and not controlable from the
OS. I, for example, had to modify the DSDT ACPI table in my BIOS to change the
on/off values for my fan. I can't even see the results in /proc - it's always on.


Nikolaus

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laptop overheats when performing CPU intensive tasks.
https://launchpad.net/bugs/22336