Computer fan
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A computer fan is a fan mounted inside a computer case or attached directly to the case for active cooling. It is used to let cool air from outside enter the case. It also moves hot air from inside to the outside through a heat sink, cooling specific components. Computer fans come in standard sizes such as 82mm, 120mm (common), 140mm, and 200–220mm. Computer fans are powered and controlled through a 3-pin or 4-pin fan connector.
How to control fans
On Linux, you can adjust fan speed with Fancontrol (lm-sensors).
- NoteBook Fan Control (NBFC) - Cross-platform solution for laptop fan control, written in C# and works under Mono runtime. Most suitable for latest, unsupported by Fancontrol laptops.
- Dell laptops - Alternative fan control daemon for some Dell laptops.
- ThinkPad laptops - Fan configuration for some ThinkPad laptops.
- Lenovo Legion Linux - Fan speed configuration and other settings for some Lenovo Legion laptops.
- ASUS laptops - Configure some ASUS laptops for Fancontrol or manual control.
- fan2go-git - An alternative to Fancontrol independent of device-paths.
- ISW-Modern - Fan control application for MSI laptops.
- fw-ectool-git - Fan configuration for Framework Laptops.
See also
- Computer
- sysfs