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+title: System Fan Noise and Expectactions
+description: >
+  Ways to manage fan noise what what to expect
+keywords:
+  - Fans
+  - Loud
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+section: software
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+
+## Noise Levels
+
+We set custom fan curves for some laptops to maximize their performance so that you get as much power as possible but still keep the system in safe temperature ranges. 
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+### Monitoring Fan Speeds
+
+Fan Speeds can be reviewed in the <u>psensor</u> which can be installed from either the <u>Pop!_Shop</u> or the <u>Ubuntu Software</u> applications. Here is what it should look like (the number of cores/threads will be different depending on the system as well as having a GPU fan or not). 
+
+![psensor on an oryp7](/images/fan-noise/psensor-oryp7.png)
+
+### Fan Modes
+
+Most laptops other then the Pangolin (pang12 and pang13) have fan modes which are max or automatic. Changing between these modes can be done with the Fn+1 key combo (if you model supports this it will be in their [tech-docs](https://tech-docs.system76.com)).
+
+### Ways to lower fan noise
+
+A few ways to lower the RPM (revolutions per minute) include:
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+1. Run the laptop while on battery, this will lower the clock speed for the CPU and GPU which will lower the demand of the fans to cool the system.
+2. Set the laptop to Battery Life mode in system76-power, this will also lower the clock speeds. 
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