Fan issue? 0 rpm

[Xamurai]

My fan drops to 0 RPM after a few seconds i hear (after turning down the volume) a unhealthy electrical noice/buzzing and the fan turns on again accelerating far above 3000 RMP after 5 or 20 seconds it drops back to zero, to repeat this proces over and over. This happen often when browsing steam OS, desktop mode or playing not so demanding games.

For example when i playing FF4 pixel refresh my deck usually have roughly on average 1800rpm constantly, but sometimes this fan issue kicks in.

I am not sure this is a bug when my performance is set at 40FPS? I have to test this further.
I didn't saw this issue yet when playing GTA5 at full bananas, 60fps.

My Deck is dead silent even if the fan is running, So the fan accelating and stopping stands out...

[Brohands McSmooth]

Have you tried the updated fan curve toggle in settings?

[Xamurai]

no, i am not aware of this, i check it and will test it.

[Xamurai]

Originally posted by Brohands McSmooth:

Have you tried the updated fan curve toggle in settings?

were do i find this setting?

[Boblin the Goblin]

Originally posted by Maxitsu:

Originally posted by Brohands McSmooth:

Have you tried the updated fan curve toggle in settings?

were do i find this setting?

In the "Setting" from the Steam Button at the very bottom.

[Xamurai]

I must be blind, pressing STEAM button, then i hit settings. down. the very bottom shows "library" settings.

[Xamurai]

Okay i found it. It was located under system settings. its turn ON.
roughly transelated its "advanced fanmanagement toggle on" and the setting is ON



I turned it off and i haven't heard the fans so loud in "ages". Its not that the fan is loud, but i can actual hear the wind blowing. So i wonder this setting has some kind of bug?

[Brohands McSmooth]

The updated fan curve was a setring introduced *because* the fans were loud, but it also lead to some issues for some people with it not running enough or spiking then turning off. I wasn't sure if it would help you but its a good starting point for fan troubleshooting

[Xamurai]

Yeah, playing FF4 for example was running at 1800rpm+- now its 4000rpm even whitout playing a game. so it makes the fans less noisy indeed, specially when you play at 40fps.

So i think i am positive its not a hardware issue. basically i have to choose between 2 evils... a broken setting or loud fans :)

[Brohands McSmooth]

You shouldn't have to do this and I wouldn't consider it a fix necessarily, but you could install the plug-in loader and the "fantastic" plug-in and set custom fan curves. Go to desktop mode and in a browser do a websearch for decky-loader.

Again this is pretty suboptimal, but it might help if you have the patience to tweak fan curves manually.

[davoto]

Originally posted by Maxitsu:

basically i have to choose between 2 evils... a broken setting or loud fans :)

Honestly, shouldn't even be that loud with the setting off. Something's wrong with your fans or my hearing isn't as sensitive as yours.

[Aletheia]

Originally posted by Maxitsu:

Yeah, playing FF4 for example was running at 1800rpm+- now its 4000rpm even whitout playing a game. so it makes the fans less noisy indeed, specially when you play at 40fps.

So i think i am positive its not a hardware issue. basically i have to choose between 2 evils... a broken setting or loud fans :)

4000 RPM without playing any game? If I were you, I would check the indoor temperature and still ask support about this. This doesn't look normal.
It's been hot these days in France and I need to turn on fans and my mobile AC unit (I have a chinchilla so I need to get rid of the heat for him) and while playing the deck, my fan isn't that loud, especially since I have the loud fan version (little bit of whine sometimes). But playing games doesn't even trigger the fans that loud.

Are you constantly downloading games? 4000rpm would be if you were playing a game with at least some graphics, say medium settings and some tweaks to the TDP.
For your information, God of War makes the deck fan go to 5000/5500RPM, sometimes it peaks at 6000 if you're playing for a long session of time.

[Xamurai]

Originally posted by Aletheia:

Originally posted by Maxitsu:

Yeah, playing FF4 for example was running at 1800rpm+- now its 4000rpm even whitout playing a game. so it makes the fans less noisy indeed, specially when you play at 40fps.

So i think i am positive its not a hardware issue. basically i have to choose between 2 evils... a broken setting or loud fans :)

4000 RPM without playing any game? If I were you, I would check the indoor temperature and still ask support about this. This doesn't look normal.
It's been hot these days in France and I need to turn on fans and my mobile AC unit (I have a chinchilla so I need to get rid of the heat for him) and while playing the deck, my fan isn't that loud, especially since I have the loud fan version (little bit of whine sometimes). But playing games doesn't even trigger the fans that loud.

Are you constantly downloading games? 4000rpm would be if you were playing a game with at least some graphics, say medium settings and some tweaks to the TDP.
For your information, God of War makes the deck fan go to 5000/5500RPM, sometimes it peaks at 6000 if you're playing for a long session of time.

This is what i got WITHOUT the "advanced fan management"
0:00 - Steam OS - 4100rpm - 42°C
0:05 - Desktop mode - 0rpm - 42°C
0:15 - Steam OS - 0rpm - 42°C
0:18 - Final Fanatsy 4 pixel - 4100rpm - 46°C
1:40 - FF4 pixel (changed to unlimited fps) - 4100rpm - 48°C
2:10 - Steam OS - 4100rpm - 50°C
2:15 - Little Inferno - 4600rpm - 54°C
2:30 - Little Inferno - 5100rpm - 58°C
3:00 - Steam OS - 5100rpm - 52°C
3:10 - GTAV (nearly max graphics/unlimited fps) - 6500rpm - CPU 90°C, GPU 84C°
3:25 - GTAV (limited to 40fps/hz) - 6200rpm - CPU 75°C, GPU 71°C
3:40 - Steam OS - 5100rpm - 54°C
3:50 - end testing

Apart of the fan not kicking in when switching to desktop mode. There were no disruptions with the fan during playing. It never dropped to 0rpm. Also my fan does not make any noice, there is litterly zero hissing/rattling/ or whining. I have only loud "wind" noice depending on the RPM. These temps look normal to me, specially in this heat.

I will do the same test soon "advanced fan management" on.

[Aletheia]

Originally posted by Maxitsu:

Originally posted by Aletheia:

4000 RPM without playing any game? If I were you, I would check the indoor temperature and still ask support about this. This doesn't look normal.
It's been hot these days in France and I need to turn on fans and my mobile AC unit (I have a chinchilla so I need to get rid of the heat for him) and while playing the deck, my fan isn't that loud, especially since I have the loud fan version (little bit of whine sometimes). But playing games doesn't even trigger the fans that loud.

Are you constantly downloading games? 4000rpm would be if you were playing a game with at least some graphics, say medium settings and some tweaks to the TDP.
For your information, God of War makes the deck fan go to 5000/5500RPM, sometimes it peaks at 6000 if you're playing for a long session of time.

This is what i got WITHOUT the "advanced fan management"
0:00 - Steam OS - 4100rpm - 42°C
0:05 - Desktop mode - 0rpm - 42°C
0:15 - Steam OS - 0rpm - 42°C
0:18 - Final Fanatsy 4 pixel - 4100rpm - 46°C
1:40 - FF4 pixel (changed to unlimited fps) - 4100rpm - 48°C
2:10 - Steam OS - 4100rpm - 50°C
2:15 - Little Inferno - 4600rpm - 54°C
2:30 - Little Inferno - 5100rpm - 58°C
3:00 - Steam OS - 5100rpm - 52°C
3:10 - GTAV (nearly max graphics/unlimited fps) - 6500rpm - CPU 90°C, GPU 84C°
3:25 - GTAV (limited to 40fps/hz) - 6200rpm - CPU 75°C, GPU 71°C
3:40 - Steam OS - 5100rpm - 54°C
3:50 - end testing

Apart of the fan not kicking in when switching to desktop mode. There were no disruptions with the fan during playing. It never dropped to 0rpm. Also my fan does not make any noice, there is litterly zero hissing/rattling/ or whining. I have only loud "wind" noice depending on the RPM. These temps look normal to me, specially in this heat.

I will do the same test soon "advanced fan management" on.

Nice!
The temps are expected to be by this range so it's weird that it's set to 4000rpm on steamOS. The only time I hear my fans spinning is when i'm shutting it down, power it on or downloading some games or updating some others. Apart from that, it's dead silent. I should check at which rpm and which preset i've been using the entire time. I think i'm on the legacy fan management but not so sure, I'll report back ;)

[DoomSlayer]

Originally posted by Brohands McSmooth:

You shouldn't have to do this and I wouldn't consider it a fix necessarily, but you could install the plug-in loader and the "fantastic" plug-in and set custom fan curves. Go to desktop mode and in a browser do a websearch for decky-loader.

Again this is pretty suboptimal, but it might help if you have the patience to tweak fan curves manually.

...don't mind me quoting this...so i remember when i eventually get my deck as well, waiting upon the email (Q3)...lol

[Franco]

Originally posted by Xamurai:

Okay i found it. It was located under system settings. its turn ON.
roughly transelated its "advanced fanmanagement toggle on" and the setting is ON



I turned it off and i haven't heard the fans so loud in "ages". Its not that the fan is loud, but i can actual hear the wind blowing. So i wonder this setting has some kind of bug?

Thanks for the setting location brother