Rustom Mody <rustompm...@gmail.com> writes: > For some reason my Dell laptop runs hot and noisy in linux but cool and > silent in Windows-8 > > Running > > $ echo "min_power" | sudo tee > /sys/class/scsi_host/host*/link_power_management_policy > > makes the fan slow/stop. > > But I am not sure what it does!! > [I dont want my laptop fried and its rather HOT out here right now :-) ]
That just turns on the power management on your SATA links. Goggle SATA ALPM if you like. It's perfectly safe. -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list