fan activity

[fparisini]

Hi,

I would like to ask how the fan activity is related to the use of ironhide; before installing ironhide my fan is very silent and little active, while it is working all the time when I install ironhide, even when the nvidia card is disabled.

Best, Fabio

[MrMEEE]

This is probably caused by the acpi call we are doing.. I know that other people has also reported this issue, and maybe we can solve it somehow.. But I haven't got a fix right now..

[fparisini]

Ok..thank you! I'll wait for the possibility of fixing it :)

[haianos]

That happens to me also....I'm quite sure that is an acpi call issue, but i should be hardware-related, since not all laptops are affected about that issue...I'm using an ASUS X53S..maybe looking into the common hardware, it could be more easy to figure out what is wrong....

[orna05]

I got the same issue wit an ASUS K53S. I had to remove ironhide to restore the fan normal use, otherwise it always works al 100%. Is there hope to see solved this problem with a patch or with a workaround? Thank you for your work

[benpittoors]

It happens to me also (on an Asus X53S), disabling the card causes the fan to start spinning at full speed. Leaving it enabled is a huge drain on the battery :/

[luigib]

Hi,

I have the same problem with an Asus X53SV (Intel i5 Sandy Bridge, Nvidia GT 540M, 2GB VRAM). I have fixed with another acpi call in addition to the call for disable nvidia card.

For my notebook:

first

echo '_SB.PCI0.LPCB.EC0.TSDS' > /proc/acpi/call

and after

echo '_SB.PCI0.PEGR.GFX0._ON' > /proc/acpi/call

if I don't launch the first acpi call and only the second, the fan start at full speed.

I must launch the first acpi call only one time. After I can disable nvidia card every time only with the second acpi call. Obviously if I reboot the system I must launch the first call again.

I have tested the fan, if temperature rises, the fan works well.

Excuse me for my poor English... :)

Luigi

[luigib]

Sorry, copy and paste don't copy the under slash...

The two calls are:

'_SB.PCI0.LPCB.EC0.TSDS'

and

'_SB.PCI0.PEGR.GFX0._ON'

[luigib]

Ok, I'm ko! :)

This system doesn't copy under slash, not my system!!!

The under slash must be at the beginning of the calls, between ' and _

And the call for disable card is:

'_SB.PCI0.PEGR.GFX0._OFF'

and not

'_SB.PCI0.PEGR.GFX0._ON'

[Seraphis]

Are there any news about this issue? I've just install ironhide on my asus k53s laptop and I'm tired of my fan's 100% speed sound..

[orna05]

Hi Seraphis, if it helps upgrading to ironhide 1.0-1 on Oneiric and with a complete reconfiguration of the profile (I think I chose the second one for Asus laptop) it now works well without the 100% fan activity. Hope you'll be lucky too...maybe it's only a problem of setup. Bye