Thanks.
I’m not really expecting the fan not to be spinning at all, it’s really the high duty at which it’s operating and the consequent high noise levels, even without intensive activity on the machine that would be expected to cause higher temperatures (which typically coincide with elevated CPU load), that is the problem.
Screenshot attached of activity and temp when fans run up high - baseline CPU temp when idling is around 60 deg (1-second average). With a little activity (for example, switching windows, taking a few screenshots), this quickly reaches 70-90 deg. [I can’t monitor the machine temp such as shown in the previous post by Johannes_Theilmann, as it is not available in Libre on my machine]. If these temperatures are ‘hot’, then I guess the next question is, why is the machine running so ‘hot’, given that it is not under great demand, and is not in a hot environment (I’d estimate indoor ambient temp here is ~19deg). I don’t think this machine would ever be as low as 54 deg (CPU temp), after running for more than a few minutes.
Have tried using the Fan Control software getfancontrol.com, but it doesn’t detect any fan speed control to use - this is probably not surprising as it’s built on Libre, and Libre also does not detect any fan control sensor.
Have also updated BIOS to 3.08.
