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General => Users => Topic started by: fearingsept on November 12, 2007, 03:20:48 PM

Title: Anyone using AMD's Cool n' Quiet Drivers?
Post by: fearingsept on November 12, 2007, 03:20:48 PM
I was just wondering if anyone was using AMD's Cool n' Quiet drivers? My hybrid is rather loud and before I put in some fan controllers I was wondering if this might be an easier way to go. If anyone is using this driver let me know if there are any limitations I need to be aware of.

Also, I cannot find any online instructions for installing the AMD drivers. If someone is using it on LMCE, could you give me some instructions to follow as well?

Thanks

-Dustin
Title: Re: Anyone using AMD's Cool n' Quiet Drivers?
Post by: sandos on November 12, 2007, 08:02:01 PM
Drivers? Fairly sure you don't need any such thing in linux. My AMD is slowing down fine i ubuntu without me doing anything about it.
Title: Re: Anyone using AMD's Cool n' Quiet Drivers?
Post by: Zaerc on November 12, 2007, 08:33:20 PM
I think it just needs to be enabeled in the BIOS.  I only have the CPU fan hooked up to the mainboard and that slowed it down to below audible level.
Title: Re: Anyone using AMD's Cool n' Quiet Drivers?
Post by: teedge77 on November 12, 2007, 08:41:47 PM
these might help

http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/gentoo-amd64-faq.xml#coolnquiet (http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/gentoo-amd64-faq.xml#coolnquiet)

http://groups.google.com.hk/group/comp.os.linux.hardware/browse_thread/thread/b8e6f5e719a06af4/153aa46e7972f9f3 (http://groups.google.com.hk/group/comp.os.linux.hardware/browse_thread/thread/b8e6f5e719a06af4/153aa46e7972f9f3)

not sure if the instructions to do it would fit for LMCE though. someone else will probably have a more definitive answer later.
Title: Re: Anyone using AMD's Cool n' Quiet Drivers?
Post by: fearingsept on November 12, 2007, 08:42:22 PM
Good deal, I will take a look when I get home from work to make sure I have the cool n quiet enabled in my bios.
Thanks

-Dustin
Title: Re: Anyone using AMD's Cool n' Quiet Drivers?
Post by: Zaerc on November 12, 2007, 08:51:06 PM
And before you start recompiling your kernel, you might want to know that PowerNow (etc.) is already set up under LMCE (probably by Kubuntu) by default.
Title: Re: Anyone using AMD's Cool n' Quiet Drivers?
Post by: teedge77 on November 12, 2007, 08:54:44 PM
zaerc was the stuff in there besides compiling the kernel right? should i take out either of those links? i didnt know what was what. just showing him what i found.