Temperature & fan speed

kismet010 · 2011-06-11 22:13:01

I'm having problems with my fan, it's too loud and it's always running up since a year. Temperature is 55º on idle and ~80º while whatching some flash. It could be +95º sometimes when compiling/virtual machines.
When I'm on tty fan speed is 100%, then run X and goes to ~80%. I use DWM and if I have pressed a key like moving arround a window, fan speed goes to ~50%. When I stop pressing the key goes to ~80% again and 100% on gcc, for example. I think it's a video card problem.

I'll really apreciate any clue because this computer gonna die soon with this issue and HDD problem with load cycles.

Here is some information (please tell if you need more):

kernel26 2.6.38.8-1
xorg-server 1.10.2-1
catalyst 11.5-2
laptop-mode-tools 1.57-3

i~ aticonfig --pplib-cmd 'get activity' --odgt --odgc
Current Activity is Core Clock: 150MHZ
Memory Clock: 150MHZ
VDDC: 900
Activity: 0 percent
Performance Level: 0
Bus Speed: 2500
Bus Lanes: 16
Maximum Bus Lanes: 16
Default Adapter - AMD Radeon HD 6500M/5600/5700 Series
                  Sensor 0: Temperature - 61.00 C
                            Core (MHz)    Memory (MHz)
           Current Clocks :    150           150
             Current Peak :    450           790
  Configurable Peak Range : [300-450]     [790-790]
                 GPU load :    0%

i~ uname -mp;lspci;lsusb
x86_64 Intel(R) Core(TM) i5 CPU M 520 @ 2.40GHz
00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Core Processor DRAM Controller (rev 02)
00:01.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Core Processor PCI Express x16 Root Port (rev 02)
00:16.0 Communication controller: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset HECI Controller (rev 06)
00:1a.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset USB2 Enhanced Host Controller (rev 05)
00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset High Definition Audio (rev 05)
00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset PCI Express Root Port 1 (rev 05)
00:1c.1 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset PCI Express Root Port 2 (rev 05)
00:1c.2 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset PCI Express Root Port 3 (rev 05)
00:1c.5 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset PCI Express Root Port 6 (rev 05)
00:1d.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset USB2 Enhanced Host Controller (rev 05)
00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 Mobile PCI Bridge (rev a5)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation Mobile 5 Series Chipset LPC Interface Controller (rev 05)
00:1f.2 SATA controller: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset 4 port SATA AHCI Controller (rev 05)
00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset SMBus Controller (rev 05)
00:1f.6 Signal processing controller: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset Thermal Subsystem (rev 05)
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc Redwood [Radeon HD 5600 Series]
01:00.1 Audio device: ATI Technologies Inc Redwood HDMI Audio [Radeon HD 5600 Series]
02:00.0 Network controller: Atheros Communications Inc. AR9285 Wireless Network Adapter (PCI-Express) (rev 01)
03:00.0 SD Host controller: Ricoh Co Ltd MMC/SD Host Controller
03:00.1 System peripheral: Ricoh Co Ltd Memory Stick Host Controller
03:00.4 SD Host controller: Ricoh Co Ltd MMC/SD Host Controller
04:00.0 Ethernet controller: Marvell Technology Group Ltd. Yukon Optima 88E8059 [PCIe Gigabit Ethernet Controller with AVB] (rev 11)
3f:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Core Processor QuickPath Architecture Generic Non-core Registers (rev 02)
3f:00.1 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Core Processor QuickPath Architecture System Address Decoder (rev 02)
3f:02.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Core Processor QPI Link 0 (rev 02)
3f:02.1 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Core Processor QPI Physical 0 (rev 02)
3f:02.2 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Core Processor Reserved (rev 02)
3f:02.3 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Core Processor Reserved (rev 02)
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 001 Device 002: ID 8087:0020 Intel Corp. Integrated Rate Matching Hub
Bus 002 Device 002: ID 8087:0020 Intel Corp. Integrated Rate Matching Hub
Bus 001 Device 004: ID 0489:e00f Foxconn / Hon Hai Foxconn T77H114 BCM2070 [Single-Chip Bluetooth 2.1 + EDR Adapter]
Bus 002 Device 003: ID 093a:2510 Pixart Imaging, Inc. Optical Mouse
Bus 001 Device 069: ID 0c45:6409 Microdia Webcam

i~ vim /log/messages.log
Since last reboot and cleaned up: http://codepad.org/hBtjgnAC

Thanks for reading

graysky · 2011-06-11 22:17:51

Is your heat sink properly seated? I would recommend you use a quality thermal paste such as AS5 and a quality HSF.

kismet010 · 2011-06-11 22:32:34

It's a software related problem, I have MS Windows for testing apps and there it's all ok. Fan speed goes down when a have pressed any key so... extrange

kismet010 · 2011-06-11 23:31:07

If I hold down any key on tty, fan slow down too so not Xorg problem

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Temperature & fan speed

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