Fan switch on permanently

[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 ?

Regards.

[1] http://www.fpaste.org/kzjG/ <http://www.fpaste.org/kzjG/>
[2] http://www.fpaste.org/w9IL/


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[Reindl Harald]

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

[Antonio Trande]

There are no particular and avid processes. This problem, once which
manifesting itself,  exists indipendently also with other OS.
I can understand that is very difficult to find a resolution or its cause,
but is very strange. In any moment the fan is out of control and works
indipendently of the temperature. *Until to the Bios formatting. *

Can, for example, a kernel under testing affect the bios directly ?

2012/3/24 Reindl Harald <h.reindl(a)thelounge.net&gt;

>  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
>
>
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[Jan Synacek]

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,
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[Antonio Trande]

2012/3/26 Jan Synacek <jsynacek(a)redhat.com&gt;

>  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,
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No, i use only nouveau driver with Fedora  (except Windows).

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