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Slow Fan Speed in Ubuntu

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I'd like to ask how can I speed up/control my laptop fan speed?
My laptop is always going hotter when running Ubuntu 14.04 than running Windows 8.1.

According to Psensor status, the Core1 & 2 and the Physical ID temperature could reach arround 55-60 Degree Celcius, but the fan speed is just running/spinning arround 93-132 RPM. In Windows 8.1 the temperature is just arround 47-50 Degree Celcius and the fan is running at high speed than Ubuntu.

Is there a way how to speed up my laptop fan speed?

or Is there a way to control my laptop fan speed?

My laptop is Lenovo G400.

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answered 1 Year ago bearous · Accepted Answer

Sounds like you have the opposite issue with fan speed to what I had. My fans used to run high, constantly. Here is my solution for getting my fan speeds back to normal, from another thread:

Fan speed is normalized by editing the line

GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="quiet splash"

in the grub configuration file found at /etc/default/grub so that it reads

GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="quiet splash acpi_osi=!Windows 2012".

Follow these steps to try this solution:

Open a terminal, type

sudo gedit /etc/default/grub,

and press ENTER

Enter your login password and press ENTER (the password will not be displayed as you type it)

Edit the line,

GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="quiet splash"

such that it reads,

GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="quiet splash acpi_osi=!Windows 2012".

Click "Save", wait a few moments for the file to save, then close the text editor.

In the terminal, type

sudo update-grub

and hit ENTER

Finally, shut down your computer. Shut it down completely, so don't "restart" it.

Once you turn your computer back on and select the linux operating system whose grub file you edited earlier, your fans should be working normally. This solution has worked for me on Ubuntu, Linux Mint, Elementary OS, and LXLE on a Dell Inspiron 15R 5520 laptop.

I hope this remedies your issue.