Showing posts with label fan. Show all posts
Showing posts with label fan. Show all posts

29 November, 2018

Mac: fan running like mad

Now the CPU load seems normal

Problem: Fan running like mad. In top the CPU load was 80-90%. Only a few programs were opened, like Chrome, Atom and MAMP.

Solution: 

  1. Click  > sleep
  2. Wake the system up
  3. Click  > restart
Then the system acted normal.  A simple and effective cure for a weird behavior in the OS.

14 July, 2017

High CPU speed reduced via BIOS

Low CPU usage after new BIOS settings (htop).


On Ubuntu the average CPU speed was around 30%, which seemed a bit over the top. After some research I found a thread, arguing that the reason might be the power management. In the BIOS I set the low power management to off.

Ubuntu's system monitor. Browser open, listening to Spotify.