Sensor errors causing fan/temp issue
by Masters2150 from LinuxQuestions.org on (#6DF9C)
I swithed from Windows 11 to a Fedora based distro called Nobara.
Since then I have had randomly times issues that keep coming back and I have no idea how to fix it.
It started while I was playing a game, and though it started getting hotter, then I smelled something that smelled like burning dust. I couldn't figure out where it came from until I turned on the LEDs for my fans that I usually keep turned off, ALL MY FANS WERE OFF, and my CPU temp was around 98C. So I rebooted and everything went back to normal.
A few days later (after the same kind of use), it happened again, this time while just watching YouTube. I tried looking for apps to control the fans, reinstalling programs that read the sensors (lm_sensors), everything. Nothing worked. Something else popped up, where one of the fan RPMs was stuck really low.
Then one time I notice the low RPM issue, and tried opening a stress test, the fan RPMs all stopped, close the program (hadn't even started the test, just the program was open), RPMs went back. Opened Discord, fans stopped, basically if I opened a program the fans stopped. Rebooted, back to normal.
I got some help on the Nobara chat, someone suggested I update my bios, since it couldn't be Linux, even though this issue has never happened on Windows. I noticed my BIOS was 1 year out of date, so I updated it, I also switched the fan header on one fan just to test, no effect. I haven't had the issue of the fans stopping anymore, not I get a new issue.
This time fan RPMs and sensors just got stuck or gave weird readings. Like my CPU temp just froze at 40C, though if I ran a stress test it would fluctuate between 40C and -1C, my fan RPMs would freeze, except my CPU fan which just stayed low no matter what, and it say one fan was going 3300RPM, which that fan isn't capable off and I could feel the airflow it wasn't moving at max speed.
So ya, thats what I got. I don't want to go back to Windows, but I also don't want to fry my CPU/MOBO. Does anyone know what it could be? Could it actually be the MOBO? It just seems weird this doesn't happen with Windows.
Since then I have had randomly times issues that keep coming back and I have no idea how to fix it.
It started while I was playing a game, and though it started getting hotter, then I smelled something that smelled like burning dust. I couldn't figure out where it came from until I turned on the LEDs for my fans that I usually keep turned off, ALL MY FANS WERE OFF, and my CPU temp was around 98C. So I rebooted and everything went back to normal.
A few days later (after the same kind of use), it happened again, this time while just watching YouTube. I tried looking for apps to control the fans, reinstalling programs that read the sensors (lm_sensors), everything. Nothing worked. Something else popped up, where one of the fan RPMs was stuck really low.
Then one time I notice the low RPM issue, and tried opening a stress test, the fan RPMs all stopped, close the program (hadn't even started the test, just the program was open), RPMs went back. Opened Discord, fans stopped, basically if I opened a program the fans stopped. Rebooted, back to normal.
I got some help on the Nobara chat, someone suggested I update my bios, since it couldn't be Linux, even though this issue has never happened on Windows. I noticed my BIOS was 1 year out of date, so I updated it, I also switched the fan header on one fan just to test, no effect. I haven't had the issue of the fans stopping anymore, not I get a new issue.
This time fan RPMs and sensors just got stuck or gave weird readings. Like my CPU temp just froze at 40C, though if I ran a stress test it would fluctuate between 40C and -1C, my fan RPMs would freeze, except my CPU fan which just stayed low no matter what, and it say one fan was going 3300RPM, which that fan isn't capable off and I could feel the airflow it wasn't moving at max speed.
So ya, thats what I got. I don't want to go back to Windows, but I also don't want to fry my CPU/MOBO. Does anyone know what it could be? Could it actually be the MOBO? It just seems weird this doesn't happen with Windows.