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Date:      Sun, 17 Jul 2016 11:07:56 +0800
From:      Erich Dollansky <erichsfreebsdlist@alogt.com>
To:        Yubin Ruan <ablacktshirt@gmail.com>
Cc:        Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: High CPU temperature and high fans level
Message-ID:  <20160717110756.27e3d480@X220.alogt.com>
In-Reply-To: <578AC4E9.7080108@gmail.com>
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Hi,

On Sun, 17 Jul 2016 07:36:09 +0800
Yubin Ruan <ablacktshirt@gmail.com> wrote:

> On 2016=E5=B9=B407=E6=9C=8817=E6=97=A5 06:25, Polytropon wrote:
> > On Sun, 17 Jul 2016 00:06:07 +0200, David Demelier wrote: =20
> >> Hello,
> >>
> >> I was trying FreeBSD 10.3 on my laptop (hp probook 4510s) and was
> >> surprised to see high CPU temperature and fans running high.
> >>
> >> No apps running, I get a temperature of 57C in
> >> dev.cpu.x.temperature and fans run high (not able to get rpms).
> >>
> >> On a 4.6.3 Linux distro I get an average of 48C and fans are quite
> >> low.
> >>
> >> Both tests were kept in tty. No Xorg running just a boot and user
> >> login in console.
> >>
> >> Do you have any clue? =20
> >
> > Did you enable powerd? It can slow down the CPU when the system
> > is idle, and increase the CPU speed when needed. This should have
> > an effect on CPU temperature and fan speed.
> > =20
>=20
> How to check whether the powerd configuration is right ?
>=20
you need something like

powerd_enable=3D"YES"
powerd_flags=3D"-a hiadaptive -b hiadaptive" # set CPU frequency

in /etc/rc.conf

Check the manual for the possible flags. This are settings which do not
provide the best result on a typical desktop but are a good start.=20

Erich



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