I installed Pop_OS in place of ubuntu last week, and loving it so far. Most things worked out-of-the-box, but there is this one thing that has been bothering me.

Whenever I open the lid of my laptop, the fan goes crazy and becomes very loud. Strangely, changing the battery option to “High Performance” seems to silence it. Why is this happening, and how can I remedy this issue?

  • My laptop is ASUS ROG Zephyrus, and yes I should not have chosen this one.
  • @someacnt_OP
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    210 months ago

    Yep, I think the load should be pretty low since only firefox is running with 0~1 tabs opened.

    • @tmjaea
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      410 months ago

      It should, yes. But is it, actually?

      • @someacnt_OP
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        210 months ago

        Is there a way to see this? Sorry, I am lost.

        • @tmjaea
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          310 months ago

          You could use the system Monitor, it is built-in.

          • @someacnt_OP
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            110 months ago

            Ah, it seems to briefly spikes to 100%, then dies down later.

            • @tmjaea
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              10 months ago

              So the fans stay loud even when cpu load is low again?

              If not this could just be some kinds of “dust prevention”

              • @someacnt_OP
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                10 months ago

                Yeah, it stays loud until I change the battery settings.

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          110 months ago

          I think he means that the CPU may be spiking the instant you open the lid.

          Maybe test it with a ssh connection?