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[feisty] fan running at 0 RPM on Gigabyte GA-965P-DS3

Bug #105119 reported by Anders
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Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
linux-source-2.6.20 (Ubuntu)
Fix Released
Undecided
Brian Murray

Bug Description

Yesterday I came back to my PC having left it on its own for a few days only to find the BIOS temperature warning alarm going off as soon as I touched the mouse. I rebooted, went into BIOS and saw that CPU temperature was ~ 74-75 degrees Celcius and CPU fan RPM was 0. Overall system temperature was around 30 degrees C.

I have set the motherboard BIOS to sound an alarm when the CPU hits 70 degrees, and I have set all cooling controls to 'auto' but should I be worried that the fan wasn't running?

Does Ubuntu have some sort of fan control built in (that possibly wasn't running here?)

My motherboard is a Gigabyte GA-965P-DS3, my processor an Intel dual core.

Other system information (dmesg etc) can be found in Bug #97325 (unrelated to this problem, but I have attached it all there)

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Eddie M. (eddiemartinez) wrote :

The question about Ubuntu fan control doesn't seem to be bug report, but the behavior of the CPU is cause for concern. Could this be a product of the PC being left on for a few days.

It would help to know which version of Ubuntu if being affected as well.

Can anyone confirm?

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Anders (andersja+launchpad-net) wrote :

Am running latest Feisty beta with linux kernel 2.6.20-13

It appears a number of users have been affected by similar behaviour; it might be worth turning this into a 'Wishlist' item if this is not already present?

http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=395303
http://ubuntuguide.org/wiki/Ubuntu_Edgy#How_to_control_fan_speed_.28lm-sensors.29

Should normal end users really have to do these thnigs? Surely something we could have better default behaviour for in Ubuntu...?

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Martin Pool (mbp) wrote :

fwiw I also have a Core Duo with a gigabyte 965P-DS3, with the fans set to auto regulation, and I am not having any cooling problems under feisty.

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Brian Murray (brian-murray) wrote :

Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. This bug did not have a package associated with it, which is important for ensuring that it gets looked at by the proper developers. You can learn more about finding the right package at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Bugs/FindRightPackage . I have classified this bug as a bug in linux-source-2.6.20.

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Brian Murray (brian-murray) wrote :

Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. You reported this bug a while ago and there hasn't been any activity in it recently. We were wondering is this still an issue for you? Thanks in advance.

Changed in linux-source-2.6.20:
assignee: nobody → brian-murray
status: New → Incomplete
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Anders (andersja+launchpad-net) wrote :

Am now running latest Gutsy and have not seen the bug again since time of reporting. Fingers crossed ;-)

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Brian Murray (brian-murray) wrote :

This bug report is being closed due to your last comment regarding this being fixed with an update. For future reference you can manage the status of your own bugs by clicking on the current status in the yellow line and then choosing a new status in the drop down box. You can learn more about bug statuses at http://wiki.ubuntu.com/Bugs/Status . Thank you again for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. Feel free to submit any future bugs you may find.

Changed in linux-source-2.6.20:
status: Incomplete → Fix Released
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