Fans not working using Linux Mint 20 on Vyper 17.3'' with TongFang chassis

[danny8518]

Hi,

I purchased a Vyper 17.3'' with TongFang chassis recently but have found that the fans don't appear to be working when running Linux Mint 20 so the CPU temperatures are sometimes reaching 60-70 degrees C.

I have a cooling pad which helps and means that on a reasonably cool day the CPU runs at about 50 C (rising to 65-70 C when on video calls).

I was wondering if anyone else had come across this and if so how you managed to fix the issue?

Cheers,

 

[Strontium]

Have a look to see if TLP and/or thermald are installed and active. It might be the upper limit for the cpu temps are set really high in the BIOS and neither of these two have been installed.

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[danny8518]

Have a look to see if TLP and/or thermald are installed and active. It might be the upper limit for the cpu temps are set really high in the BIOS and neither of these two have been installed.

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Hi STRONTIUM,

Thank you for your reply - that's very helpful. I've now installed those. When I run very intensive processes it sounds like the fans are turning on but they only seem to be running very slowly - or at least I can't feel any air coming from the vents even though I can hear them turning.

Is there a way to increase the fan speeds?

Cheers,

 

[Strontium]

I would trust that the fan is working at the correct speed to avoid going at maximum velocity - I hardly ever hear mine on a relatively lower spec Lafite IV i5, it does sound like a jet engine when it ramps up though!

If you do want to increase the base speed you could try and use the bash fancontrol script, which requires lm-sensors to check the temps:

Ubuntu Manpage: fancontrol - automated software based fan speed regulation

manpages.ubuntu.com

You can check if you have lm-sensors already installed before tinkering with fancontrol by just opening a terminal and typing 'sensors'
I get the following:

BAT0-acpi-0
Adapter: ACPI interface
in0: 12.99 V
curr1: 0.00 A

coretemp-isa-0000
Adapter: ISA adapter
Package id 0: +48.0°C (high = +100.0°C, crit = +100.0°C)
Core 0: +47.0°C (high = +100.0°C, crit = +100.0°C)
Core 1: +48.0°C (high = +100.0°C, crit = +100.0°C)
Core 2: +47.0°C (high = +100.0°C, crit = +100.0°C)
Core 3: +47.0°C (high = +100.0°C, crit = +100.0°C)

nvme-pci-4500
Adapter: PCI adapter
Composite: +39.9°C (low = -273.1°C, high = +82.8°C)
(crit = +84.8°C)

My existing controls using thermald seem to keep the processor below 70 C and usually 45-55 C. I think if the laptop hit 100 C the computer would crash based upon those settings.
Be careful tinkering with the fancontrol script, maybe just stick with the minimum fan speed.

 

[danny8518]

Thank you STRONTIUM,

Everything now appears to be working as expected. Very much appreciated .