Mailinglist Archive: opensuse (1872 mails)

["Andrew Joakimsen" <joakimsen@xxxxxxxxx>]

On Fri, Nov 7, 2008 at 12:30, Default Off-Domain
<alpha096@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> The First is called Smart Q Fan - Which increases CPU FAN Automatically
> or you can set the temp values to when you want the CPU cooling fan to
> run at max - say 60C instead of automatic.

SmartQ fan is specific to ASUS. You should tweak those settings to
whatever works best for you. When you turn it off the fans will run at
full speed.


> There is a second AMD feature you must disable. If you have AMD Cool 'n
> Quiet enabled the CPU will always start at very low MHz and is very very
> sluggish to run at full MHz and the other problem is the Kernel will not
> be able to slow the CPU clock if overheat. I would suggest you disable
> cool 'n Quite for many reason - The first is that the CPU will run at
> normal max MHz and perform the best and also the Kernel will now be able
> to exert some throttling of the CPU frequency.
>
> You can email me direct for other AMD BIOS only options.


Cool 'n Quiet is fully supported since Kernel 2.6.18. I use it on my
computer and it works fine. Normally the CPU runs at 1ghz and when the
processor is needed it appears to instantly speed up and after a while
of full load you can hear the fans speed up. Stop the process and the
fans slow down again.
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