2015-11-17, 20:55
I hope this hasn't been answered lately, I did do a quick search.
Matt: is there any way I can force the fan speed to less rotations on my HP chromebox. The fan is pretty annoying when Kodi is idle. I suspect because I use Artic Zephyr skin with animated backgrounds. (Although it's the same if I'm in the system info windows with only a single picture animating) I see the cpu usage is around 15-80/5-35 when idle, avg. cpu is probably around 40/20 temps are 59/58.
With (stock) Confluence it's 0-40/0-10, but the average is maybe around 15% (although it's all over the place), cpu speed is usually between 800mhz to 1240. Cpu temps are around 49-51 on both cores. With Confluence the fan stays at the lowest speed.
I'm using ubuntu kernel 4.1.x atm. with Kodibuntu. Although the idle cpu usage is just ridiculous, i don't really mind ..except that the fan gets pretty loud. I think I read it stays at the lowest speed until 67c, and stays at medium speed until 58c,so I guess I'm right at the edge:
With arctic zephyr it hovers around 65/66 for a little while before it hit's 67c. I guess I'd be ok with a threshold of 72c and a fallback threshold of 65c. Since the Chromebox feels pretty cool, so again, I wonder if there is any way to up the threshold of when the fan ramps up (and/or change the speeds)?
Actually I just bought an Asus CB to replace my HP (and give away the HP as xmas present for my folks), I hope it's as silent as you say it is, as it is the only reason I bought the Asus
with the better cooling I'll probably stay under the thresholds.
Matt: is there any way I can force the fan speed to less rotations on my HP chromebox. The fan is pretty annoying when Kodi is idle. I suspect because I use Artic Zephyr skin with animated backgrounds. (Although it's the same if I'm in the system info windows with only a single picture animating) I see the cpu usage is around 15-80/5-35 when idle, avg. cpu is probably around 40/20 temps are 59/58.
With (stock) Confluence it's 0-40/0-10, but the average is maybe around 15% (although it's all over the place), cpu speed is usually between 800mhz to 1240. Cpu temps are around 49-51 on both cores. With Confluence the fan stays at the lowest speed.
I'm using ubuntu kernel 4.1.x atm. with Kodibuntu. Although the idle cpu usage is just ridiculous, i don't really mind ..except that the fan gets pretty loud. I think I read it stays at the lowest speed until 67c, and stays at medium speed until 58c,so I guess I'm right at the edge:
With arctic zephyr it hovers around 65/66 for a little while before it hit's 67c. I guess I'd be ok with a threshold of 72c and a fallback threshold of 65c. Since the Chromebox feels pretty cool, so again, I wonder if there is any way to up the threshold of when the fan ramps up (and/or change the speeds)?
Actually I just bought an Asus CB to replace my HP (and give away the HP as xmas present for my folks), I hope it's as silent as you say it is, as it is the only reason I bought the Asus
with the better cooling I'll probably stay under the thresholds.
