On Tuesday 08 June 2010 22:45:37 wojtekjs wrote: > What video card do you have? Itn't it ATI? > If so - try installing ATIs catalyst driver (provided by ubuntu team).
Thanks for the suggestion. I have given up. I put the laptop in the basement and use it as a "test" machine doing nightly regression testing and a disk server. That way it can make all the noise it wants. I suppose I should re-install Windows on it, that is probably the ultimate solution. What a waste of money -- oh well. > > -- > Fan runs too fast on Dell Studio 1747 with i7 chip > https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/521698 > You received this bug notification because you are a direct subscriber > of the bug. > > Status in Ubuntu: New > > Bug description: > On my Dell Studio 1747 i7 CPU, the fan runs too fast, making the machine > unusable because of the noise. I have tried Kubuntu Hardy, Karmic, and > Lucid. All have the same problem. It appears that there is no fan > control, no sensors are found. Under Win 7 the fan runs very quiet and > increases and decreases in speed according to the CPU load as I would > expect. > > Apparently there are no temperature sensors and fan control for this CPU. > Help would be appreciated. > > To unsubscribe from this bug, go to: > https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+bug/521698/+subscribe -- Fan runs too fast on Dell Studio 1747 with i7 chip https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/521698 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
