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title: System Fan Noise and Expectactions | ||
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Ways to manage fan noise what what to expect | ||
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- Fans | ||
- Loud | ||
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## Noise Levels | ||
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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 | ||
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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). | ||
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![psensor on an oryp7](/images/fan-noise/psensor-oryp7.png) | ||
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### Fan Modes | ||
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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)). | ||
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### Ways to lower fan noise | ||
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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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