[mythtv-users] Adventures in upgrading my MythTV hardware

[Allen Edwards]

On Thu, Oct 25, 2018 at 2:23 PM Will Dormann <wdormann at gmail.com> wrote:

> On 10/25/18 4:54 PM, Allen Edwards wrote:
> > There is a feature on my old Mythbuntu 8 system that I have not
> > implemented on the new Mythbuntu 16 just because I am tired of messing
> > with it but it would turn the fan down when the temperature allowed it.
> > It made a huge difference in fan noise. You do need fans that allow that
> > and the MB needs to be able to support it as well.
>
>
> Thanks.  Yeah, with this system the CPU fan speed is covered by BIOS
> settings.   Ubuntu 14.04 is too old to detect any of the fan stuff to
> give me linux-controlled fan speed.   But even if it did, it's already
> running pretty quietly as it is.
>
>
I am sorry I don't recall the details but whatever I did was on Ubuntu 8.
But if your MB handles it, all the better.

There is also an option on my MB called cool'n'quiet that turns the CPU
clock down which also quiets things.  I have it turn up at 15% rather than
the default 95% as my system is either idle or working and when working I
want all the power devoted to the task.

The other thing I did was remove two case fans.  I think some of the fans
were actually fighting other fans.  It looks like the new cases have
thought this through better than my 10 year old one.

Allen
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