Nikos Chantziaras writes:
I recently got myself an HD4870 (for Wintendo gaming; I'm on Linux when not gaming). I'm on radeonhd git master and the card's fan is spinning up all the time. That means the card runs too hot. In Windows XP, the fan is silent with the GPU idling at ~80C. That means in Linux the GPU runs a lot hotter than that *all the time*. Isn't this dangerous? The last thing I want is readonhd frying my expensive hardware.
It only means that there is just no fan control in the driver, yet. Cheers, Egbert. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: radeonhd+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: radeonhd+help@opensuse.org
Egbert Eich wrote:
Nikos Chantziaras writes:
I recently got myself an HD4870 (for Wintendo gaming; I'm on Linux when not gaming). I'm on radeonhd git master and the card's fan is spinning up all the time. That means the card runs too hot. In Windows XP, the fan is silent with the GPU idling at ~80C. That means in Linux the GPU runs a lot hotter than that *all the time*. Isn't this dangerous? The last thing I want is readonhd frying my expensive hardware.
It only means that there is just no fan control in the driver, yet.
The fan spins up and down constantly (~6 seconds up, 6 seconds down). Fan control is AFAIK BIOS controlled. If it's hot, it spins up. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: radeonhd+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: radeonhd+help@opensuse.org
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Egbert Eich
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Nikos Chantziaras