Re: [opensuse] How to limit/eliminate CPU/FAN Noise?

Gaël Lams schrieb:
Hi,

I install SLED 10 on an HP workstation xw4400. Everything is working
perfectly except for the noise: compared to the same workstation with
Windows XP installed, which is pretty silent, the linux box makes
quite a lot of noise.

I've googled a little bit but did not find any extensive response.

Is there something on SLED (or opensuse, or even from source code to
compile) that I can install and configure to have the system
automatically slowing down or up the fan?

Regards,

Gael
Hi,

either the fan is controlled by the bios or you can control it by i2c.
If it's controlled by bios and its louder using linux, then your bios is
simply broken (windows bios). In such case it helps to modify the "dsdt"
but thats quite hard.
If the sensor-chipset provides funtions to control the fan, then the
fancontrol is your friend. In openSUSE it's part of the sensors package,
I don't know if this is the same for SLED 10.

Regards,
Glen
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