Arch Linux

Xsofito

Member

Registered: 2024-01-29

Posts: 49

Fan configuration issues

Hi, I'm trying to configure the fans of my laptop because my graphic card temp threshold is getting activated with the most basic of applications. I know my fans aren't getting to their max speed because I've heard them before and now they aren't as loud, not even close, though I don't know the max rpm of my fans.
I followed the fan speed control wiki page and used the sensors-detect command, but after that the pwmconfig command returns "/usr/bin/pwmconfig: There are no pwm-capable sensor modules installed" and I found myself stuck at that point.
My laptop is a HP Pavilion Gaming 16-a0061la, the motherboard is a HP 87AD 32.31 and has a dual gpu (nvidia gtx 1650 mobile)

$ cat /sys/class/hwmon/hwmon4/name
nvme

$ ls /sys/class/hwmon/hwmon4/
device  power  subsystem  name  temp1_alarm  temp1_input  temp1_label  uevent

$ sensors
coretemp-isa-0000
Adapter: ISA adapter
Package id 0:  +50.0°C  (high = +100.0°C, crit = +100.0°C)
Core 0:        +48.0°C  (high = +100.0°C, crit = +100.0°C)
Core 1:        +49.0°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)

hp-isa-0000
Adapter: ISA adapter
fan1:           0 RPM
fan2:           0 RPM

nvme-pci-0300
Adapter: PCI adapter
Composite:    +52.9°C

BAT0-acpi-0
Adapter: ACPI interface
in0:          12.73 V

iwlwifi_1-virtual-0
Adapter: Virtual device
temp1:        +59.0°C

pch_cometlake-virtual-0
Adapter: Virtual device
temp1:        +56.0°C

nvme-pci-0200
Adapter: PCI adapter
Composite:    +37.9°C  (low  =  -0.1°C, high = +76.8°C)
                       (crit = +79.8°C)

acpitz-acpi-0
Adapter: ACPI interface
temp1:        +54.0°C

As the wiki says, I tried increasing the fan divisions to be able to see the rpm but I got an error:

$ cat /etc/sensors.d/fan-speed-control.conf
chip "coretemp-isa-*"
set fan0_div 4

# sensors -s
Error: File /etc/sensors.d/fan-speed-control.conf, line 2: Unknown feature name
coretemp-isa-0000: No such subfeature known

I was planning on making the fans go from 0 to 100, I don't really mind the noise if the laptop is getting it's maximum performance, but even after reading lot's of forum posts I don't know what else to try.