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Cipher

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From: Coquimbo, Chile

Registered: 2007-06-06

Posts: 38

troubles with dell vostro 1400

recently buy a dell vostro 1400 with vista, first install ubuntu and then with internet install arch, but something strange happen with arch, the processor fan work too much, ok, runung kde s normal, but with an base install(no X,kde) the fan work at full, use cpudyn/cpufreq to control the speed but happen, with ubuntu not troubles, and even with vista the fan doesn work to much, only when see movies, but with arch even with init3 the fan enouth for me, meybe do something wrong or miss ??

currently my installation use cpudyn.

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phisphere

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From: Tallinn, Estonia

Registered: 2007-03-05

Posts: 136

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Re: troubles with dell vostro 1400

hmm, i have the same machine but i haven't noticed that kind of problem.
maybe it needs some control with cpufreq and acpid...

dyscoria

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Registered: 2008-01-10

Posts: 1,007

Re: troubles with dell vostro 1400

Is your CPU overheating? I'd install lm_sensors and see how high the temperature is going. You should do this for all three (Ubuntu, Arch, Vista) if you can and compare what the temperatures are. My guess is that the arch install just has a more cautious approach to cooling. If the temperature is staying constantly above 65C then that would be the problem. Try scaling your CPU down further using cpufreq. Check that it's working by doing as root:

cat /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu0/cpufreq/cpuinfo_cur_freq

This will tell you what your current CPU speed is. If it never goes below maximum then that is the problem.

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