I'm not sure if this is something you want / can implement and I'm not sure which other Dell models are affected but I have access to a few I can test with if you want. It wasn't a perfect solution and the effect was a fan that would run fast but slow down for half a second every 3 seconds but at least it tried to keep running fast. The I8KFANGUI utility seemed to monitor the RPM fan speed and when it saw the RPM drop below what it was set it would re-set the fan speed to whatever value I specified. If the temperature drops below 40c and goes above again, HWinfo will increase the speed again but only for another 2 seconds or so. For example, if I set a threshold of 40c, and fan speed of 4400, HWinfo will increase the fan speed to 4400 but within 3 seconds the fan speed slows down again. Snaps are discoverable and installable from the Snap Store, an app store with an audience of millions. They update automatically and roll back gracefully. Snaps are applications packaged with all their dependencies to run on all popular Linux distributions from a single build. It also allows the user to configure the speed and temperature thresholds that determine how the fan speed should increase as the CPU temperature rises.
Dell fan control install#
Second, this Dell laptop overwrites changes to the fan speed. Enable snaps on Linux Mint and install dell-bios-fan-control. MSS Fan Control allows the user to easily control the speed of the upper and lower exhaust fans of the MediaSmart Server. Is the value shown supposed to reflect the slider position or the fan speed? In this article we have curated the top fan control software apps that can work for Windows or MAC computers, laptops, or even vendor specific apps that provide a wide range of additional features. If the fan speed changes, the value shown changes to 2500 or 4400 (whatever the fan speed is) without moving the slider. Such fan control software allows you to take control of the fan speed, create profiles of fan performance etc. The RPM value shown changes when the slider moves to the right position to 4400.
Dell fan control drivers#
I just wanted to point out a couple of things:įirst, the fan slider has 3 positions - left, middle and right beand 4400 RPM. I have a Dell Inspiron 5558 with Nvidia 920M Graphic card and i was using hwinfo64 from the past 4 months and it was controlling the fan speed but since i upgraded my bios with all the other drivers and now i cant control the fan. Playing around with the latest (posted) beta I noticed I've now got a fan control icon for my Dell Latitude D830 laptop.