Controlling Fan Speed on MSI Laptop in Endeavour

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Hello,

I am using an MSI GF63 Thin 11UC laptop and currently running the Endeavour Linux distribution. One issue I’m facing is the inability to control the fan speed of the laptop. It seems that the default settings in Linux automatically manage the fan speed, but I need to be able to adjust it manually for better system performance.

Has anyone had experience controlling the fans on this laptop model in the Endeavour distribution?

I would appreciate any suggestions or solutions to this issue.

Thank you!

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Have you tried McontrolCenter? There are 3 different packages in the AUR.

mcontrolcenter-bin
mcontrolcenter-cli-git
mcontrolcenter-git

I have no experience with these but are designed for MSI supposedly.

Edit: Additional Info

https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Fan_speed_control#Fancontrol_(lm-sensors)

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have look like @ricklinux say …

“https://github.com/dmitry-s93/MControlCenter”

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Are you sure that testing multiple tools won’t harm the system or the fan control? And is it possible that the settings might change in a way that could be irreversible?

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I downloaded and used mcontrolcenter-bin from the AUR, and it worked fine.

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So I’m actually using the same laptop with EndeavourOS and am curious for my own personal use, what exactly are you controlling the fan for? Are you trying to have it run harder or something? Also, have you encountered any issues with the latest nvidia drivers not working? Currently, my system only runs it’s intel gpu (hybrid graphics) and I can’t seem to get my nvidia gpu running.

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Hello my friend,

The reason for controlling the fan is that my laptop’s temperature reaches up to 80°C while gaming. Since I’m worried it might cause damage to the laptop, I activate the “Cooler Boost” mode, which reduces the temperature by about 15°C.

Also, a cooling pad doesn’t work well for my laptop because the air intakes on the bottom don’t allow much airflow.

As for your question, no, I haven’t had any issues. If you could explain the problems you’re facing, I might understand better what you mean, as you probably know, NVIDIA has compatibility issues with Linux. There isn’t a complete and perfect driver for it, and most of the available drivers are developed by open-source contributors.

When I was installing this distribution, there was an option for installing the NVIDIA driver during the setup process. I selected that option, and it installed without any issues. However, feel free to ask about solutions for installing NVIDIA drivers on EndeavourOS—I’ll try to help as much as I can.

Thank you, and sorry for the long message!

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No worries about the long message, the information is helpful. I also would like to cool things a bit more, and stumbling across your issue apparently will help me do just that since we have essentially identical situations as far as cooling is concerned.

For the drivers thing, if you have the time and inclination to do so, I refer you to the thread for it where I posted and have been deliberating with very helpful forum members: Intel GPU running and the NVIDIA one isn't (I think it's a hybrid graphics setup) - #48 by d-air1

Truth be told, we’ve kind of settled on the “reinstall is probably the best course,” but since I have to wait a couple of weeks for that, I’m holding out for some surprise troubleshooting help. You are welcome to see what we’ve tried and offer your input, but even if you don’t thank you for your explanation of the cooling business!

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I’m glad the info was helpful. I hope your issue gets resolved with the forum’s help or a reinstall. If I come across any relevant experience from friends or colleagues, I’ll share it in the thread you mentioned.

Best of luck!

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