Acer Extensa EX215-34-P16A - fan always on, even when Idle or in suspend? (Intel Processor N200, 6W)

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SerW
SerW Member Posts: 3 New User
edited 3:41AM in TravelMate and Extensa

Hello guys!

I have an Extensa 215-34 laptop. BIOS version is 1.10.

The problem is: fan is active, even while in suspend.

My Operating System is Fedora Workstation 42, Gnome 48.4.

CPU temperature is 30 ⁰ Celsius.

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  • StevenGen
    StevenGen ACE Posts: 15,105 Trailblazer

    Your EX215-34 laptop could have a faulty fan, so check this component out and its thermal paste could have also dried out, socheck all this out, as and if your laptop is operating at a low 30⁰C there is nothing wrong with the thermals of this latop and its a faulty fan or its sensor, which nothing can be done as the sensor s inside the cpu and cpu's can't be changed in these laptops. Try a fan control 3rd party app and see if that works to reduce the fan coming on. God luck and hope this helps you out.

    This is the oem Acer fitted single fan for this laptop that you should replace

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    If this answers your question and solved your query please "Click on Yes" or "Click on Like" if you find my answer useful👍

  • SerW
    SerW Member Posts: 3 New User

    I suppose it's all OK with the fan.

    Notebook is brand new.

    The problem is in BIOS v 1.10.

    As far as I can not down the BIOS to v 1.08, I wish to ask Acer developers: please roll out new bios, where the trouble w/ fan will be eliminated.

    The BIOS v 1.10 is about Embedded Controller update; and it produces the fan fault!

  • Puraw
    Puraw ACE, Member Posts: 18,383 Trailblazer

    Hi SerW,

    🧊 Fedora Tweaks to Reduce Fan Activity (Extensa EX215-34, BIOS v1.10)

    Since the fan behavior is tied to the Embedded Controller update in BIOS v1.10, and Windows tweaks don’t apply, try these Fedora-native adjustments:

    🔧 Power Management

    powerprofilesctl set power-saver
    

    🔥 Thermal Daemon

    sudo dnf install thermaldsudo systemctl enable --now thermald
    

    🧠 Optional: Disable Intel P-State

    Edit GRUB config:

    sudo nano /etc/default/grub
    

    Add this to GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT:

    intel_pstate=disable
    

    Then update GRUB and reboot:

    sudo grub2-mkconfig -o /boot/grub2/grub.cfgsudo reboot
    
  • SerW
    SerW Member Posts: 3 New User

    Hello Puraw!

    No luck, unfortunately.

    I extremely wish Acer to roll up a BIOS update.