On 1/8/2013 2:03 PM PT, Paul typed:

The fan revving on the 7950 is normal. It's designed to run at
a high fan setting, until the driver loads. Then the fan is turned
down by the driver. There's only one problem with that - if you
happen to boot Linux while using the 7950 (like a LiveCD), the fan
could well stay at the top setting for the entire section. The
driver code might be in the NVidia-produced driver, but
not in the default Linux driver.

Yeah, I saw this behavior too with my old GeForce 8800 GT video card and
the closed NVIDIA binary drivers in Debian. I used to exit X to idle
console mode, but that made my video card fan spin loud and fast.


I hated that behavior enough, I control the video card fan
separately. The setting the driver uses, is now irrelevant.
The fan runs off a separate power path. I adjusted the fan
voltage, so I get the same fan speed as before (when the
driver was under control). It means I have the nuisance of a
few extra wires, right next to my video card.

Is it difficult/hard to do?
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