On Fri, 2011-04-08 at 22:16 -0400, Sam Varshavchik wrote: > Linuxguy123 writes: > > > On Fri, 2011-04-08 at 19:46 -0600, Linuxguy123 wrote: > > > I'm running a fully up to date F14 installation on my laptop. > > > > > > For various reasons today I uninstalled the nvidia driver and installed > > > the nouveau driver. My laptop has a GeForce 8800 GTS video card. > > > > > > Everything works but I can hear the video fan running constantly which > > > is annoying and wasteful of the battery. > > > > > > How do I get the video fan under control ? > > > > For whatever reason, my video fan just throttled down. ???? Something > > to do with the first run ? > > Are you certain that you're hearing the GPU fan, and not the CPU fan? I'm pretty sure its the GPU fan. I know what the CPU fan is like because I've heard it since I got it. I installed the nouveau driver today and for the first time I heard the GPU fan by itself. Furthermore, not only does it sound different, it comes from a different part of the laptop. Interesting experience. -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines
