Am 24.03.2012 13:42, schrieb Antonio Trande: > Hello. > > With my Acer Aspire 6930G happen that after an indefinite time, the fan starts to work permanently regardless of > temperature. > In this moment, according to nvclock [1] the GPU temp is 43°C and the fan is on; strangely because it starts to > work over 47°C all along. > > If i format the BIOS, the fan goes back to work only over 47°C. > Infos: [2] > > I don't know if this issue depends on Fedora, but i wish understand its cause. > Had someone a similar experience o an idea of what is it ? there can be no generally answer yum install htop look what prcoesses are running if this starts with high load -- devel mailing list devel(a)lists.fedoraproject.org https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/devel

On 03/24/12 at 01:42pm, Antonio Trande wrote: > Hello. > > With my Acer Aspire 6930G happen that after an indefinite time, the fan > starts to work permanently regardless of temperature. > In this moment, according to nvclock [1] the GPU temp is 43°C and the fan > is on; strangely because it starts to work over 47°C all along. > > If i format the BIOS, the fan goes back to work only over 47°C. > Infos: [2] > > I don't know if this issue depends on Fedora, but i wish understand its > cause. > Had someone a similar experience o an idea of what is it ? > Are you by any chance using nvidia binary drivers? I have a similarly sounding problem on my home laptop using nvidia 8400m and binary drivers. It's described here [1]. While it may not be exactly your problem, maybe it can provide some pointers/hints. [1] http://www.nvnews.net/vbulletin/showthread.php?s=9f6f6c4f2dcd351cecc8a7e8... Regards, -- Jan Synacek BaseOS team Brno -- devel mailing list devel(a)lists.fedoraproject.org https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/devel