Greetings,
I am trying to configure the fan control curve for my Dell Laptop. Recently, while training some small ML models I noticed that despite high temperatures (>90°C) the fans would not turn on, unless I restarted the computer. When I do so, fans start working until the CPUs cool down, but if the temperature goes up again I need to restart the machine
Ubuntu Version:
24.04
Desktop Environment (if applicable):
GNOME
Relevant System Information:
Model: Dell Inspiron 15 3530 (bought in 2024)
Hardware details: 13th Gen Intel® Core™ i5-1334U × 12, Intel® Iris® Xe Graphics Card, 16GB RAM
Kernel Version: 6.17.0-14-generic
BIOS Version: 1.29
What I’ve Tried:
Mainly workarounds with i8kutils and dell-smm-hwmon to try to manually control the fans and, after doing so, configuring the thermal curve. However, I never managed to control the fans, with i8kutilsreturning the following:
sudo i8kctl
1.0 1.2 <ID> -1 -1 -1 -1 -1 -1 -1
Afterwards, I’ve read around that this interface is outdated, and was wondering if there are any modern alternatives.
I am posting this because I searched in this and many other forums, but most topics are relatively old and haven’t worked.
Thanks in advance.