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My computer, for whatever reason, will lower CPU usage when it gets hot instead of turning on its fan. I don't know if it's a driver issue or something else. Thanks! This is at 80 Celcius

The above is at 80 degrees Celcius.

T1 L.
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  • The computer is a laptop and device manager doesn't want to open. – T1 L. Feb 19 '20 at 15:25
  • What laptop model is this? Typically you can adjust the fan activity inside the BIOS, which can usually be reached by pressing Del or F10/F12 after you power on the laptop. – lmoly Feb 19 '20 at 17:17
  • It's an ASUS VivoBook X541SA. I will give that a try, but I've explored the BIOS and I haven't seen anything fan related. – T1 L. Feb 20 '20 at 02:19
  • I scoured the BIOS for 20 minutes and found no fan anything. Is there some "sudo apt-get install" command that I can run to get some control? There is nothing in Linux Mint 19.3 settings that I can find that will do it. – T1 L. Feb 20 '20 at 02:56
  • I tried sudo apt-get install fancontrol, but for some reason, I can't run it. Linux "can't read the configuration file." – T1 L. Feb 20 '20 at 03:14
  • You need to run `sudo sensors-detect` before to generate a configuration file. Afterwards run `sudo pwmconfig`. Check https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Fan_speed_control, which is for Arch Linux, but the program usage applies to Mint as well. – lmoly Feb 20 '20 at 11:01
  • BTW: Does the fan run when you're inside the BIOS or do you possibly have a dual-boot setup with MS Windows? That way you could check if the fan actually still works - sometimes fans inside older laptops get defective and need to be replaced. – lmoly Feb 20 '20 at 13:42
  • The fans will turn on, but it is barely noticeable. I would prefer good performance over my PC being quiet. I get about 19 frames on Minecraft, 3 on servers, but the PC thermal throttles instead of getting loud. – T1 L. Feb 21 '20 at 16:16

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