[GTALUG] Power Mode: reducing fan noise on a notebook

[Don Tai]

Many web sites are doing a lot of javascript behind the scenes, to get as
much info from you as possible. They may also be pulling in huge amounts of
code from other web sites. Install the NoScript plugin and you'll see them
all. Try an ad blocker. I find that Youtube and a couple of web sites,
SCMP.com for example, run a ton of JS, which makes my laptop run hot.

Also maybe you should open up your laptop and clean the inside, including
the fan.

On Fri, 31 May 2024 at 09:38, D. Hugh Redelmeier via talk <talk at gtalug.org>
wrote:

> Most modern notebooks throw off a lot of heat when computing hard.
> Too much heat can force the cooling fans to go faster and
> therefore make more noise.
> The notebook that I keep by our couch for casual use while watching TV
> sometimes gets noisy.
> What's the heavy computing doing?  Mostly running ads in Firefox.
> Since I don't really care how quickly ads run, I've switched the "power
> mode" to "power saver" and there seems to be less noise.
>
> Power Mode can be set several ways.  The way I used on Fedora 40's Gnome
> Desktop:
>         Settings: Power: Power Mode: Power Saver
>
> There is a slightly faster way that is harder to describe
>
> - click on top right of the screen (the little icons for networking, sound
>   and power on are really one button)
>
> - that pops up a window showing a lot of things.  One is "Power Mode"
>
> - click on "Power Mode" and it will toggle between "Balanced" and "Power
>   Saver" (at least on my desktop).
>
> - Alternatively click on the ">" symbol on the "Power Mode" oval to get
>   all the choices displayed (including "Performance")
>
> Note: just how the fans behave under different Power Modes is specific to
> the hardware.  YMMV.
>
> My suspicion is that vendors like their computers to have good benchmark
> performance so the "balanced" mode is more likely to run fans than I'd
> like.  I'm going to try "Power Saver" on more of my computers.
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