I have 5 tower servers (Lenovo system x3500 m5) and they can get a bit noisy in the office.  I think it might be the fan for the power unit or cpu. We don't have access to the server room.  What solutions are there?
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I have recently installed a IBM x45 with two DS4100 (SAN) and due to space constraints it is generating too much noise in adjacent rooms.  Are there any good ways to isolate the noise from servers? There doesn't seem to be much vibration, but the majority of the sounds seems to be from the fans and disks.  Does anyone have experience with putting sound absorbing materials in server rooms/closets? I'm thinking about covering the surroundings in rubber or something.
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In the power management, I selected the option called "suspend when I close the lid". If I close the lid, the computer is not suspending. It keep itself on. How can I solve this problem?
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Due to the amount of beep codes a PC can give, there are many questions on Super User about beep codes! I'm hoping this post will help to provide a community answer about all (dare I say all?) beep codes, with my fictional question.  When I try to turn my PC on, I hear some beeps. This is not beeping from the HDD or fan, but from the motherboard. Regardless of the number of beeps, what do the beeps mean?
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What are the pros and cons of controlling (lowering, or even overclocking) the CPU frequency on a laptop? How can I do it in Ubuntu and will it increase my battery life (as I never play games and stuff)  And do fan speed and CPU frequency have any correlation?
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I know this is a common problem and have read other topics but couldn't resolve. Anyways yesterday I found a solution - I have 2 graphic cards (hybrid) and they were both on. So I turned one off and installed Jupiter for power management and from there on the fans were quiet and I was happy as hell.  However (:)), yesterday evening I also updated the system and the fan and it's noise came back. I checked whether I am using only 1 graphics card and I am.  c0dehunter@mintBox ~ $ sudo lshw -c video [sudo] password for c0dehunter:    *-display                       description: VGA compatible controller        product: RS780M/RS780MN [Mobility Radeon HD 3200 Graphics]        vendor: Hynix Semiconductor (Hyundai Electronics)        physical id: 5        bus info: pci@0000:01:05.0        version: 00        width: 32 bits        clock: 33MHz        capabilities: pm msi vga_controller bus_master cap_list rom        configuration: driver=radeon latency=0        resources: irq:18 memory:c0000000-cfffffff ioport:c000(size=256) memory:fbcf0000-fbcfffff memory:fbb00000-fbbfffff   Maybe the problem is (false) temp reading from GPU?  c0dehunter@mintBox ~ $ sensors acpitz-virtual-0 Adapter: Virtual device temp1:        +44.0°C  (crit = +105.0°C)  k10temp-pci-00c3 Adapter: PCI adapter temp1:        +47.0°C  (high = +70.0°C)                        (crit = +115.0°C, hyst = +110.0°C)  radeon-pci-0200 Adapter: PCI adapter temp1:       +127.5°C     The thing that is weird is that if I boot into Windows the fan is still at full power (previously it wasn't). Did I f--- up my hardware with software? :)  //OH, yes - I forgot to mention that my laptop is not hot at all. The temps are about 50°C.
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I have an Asus N76VB notebook with Ubuntu 14.04 and TLP for power managment. However, the fan is always on. It's not really loud, but it's annoying. My CPU usage is around 1-2%. It's clocked at 1.20 GHz.  I've added acpi=force to my boot parameters but it doesn't change anything.  /proc/acpi/fan: No such file or directory /proc/acpi/thermal_zone: No such file or directory   I've loaded all Asus ACPI modules.  lsmod | grep asus:  asus_nb_wmi            16990  0  asus_wmi               24191  1 asus_nb_wmi sparse_keymap          13948  1 asus_wmi video                  19476  2 i915,asus_wmi wmi                    19177  2 mxm_wmi,asus_wmi   Somehow, it can read the temperatures.  sensors:  acpitz-virtual-0 Adapter: Virtual device temp1:        +43.0°C  (crit = +108.0°C)  coretemp-isa-0000 Adapter: ISA adapter Physical id 0:  +44.0°C  (high = +87.0°C, crit = +105.0°C) Core 0:         +44.0°C  (high = +87.0°C, crit = +105.0°C) Core 1:         +42.0°C  (high = +87.0°C, crit = +105.0°C) Core 2:         +39.0°C  (high = +87.0°C, crit = +105.0°C) Core 3:         +39.0°C  (high = +87.0°C, crit = +105.0°C)  asus-isa-0000 Adapter: ISA adapter temp1:        +43.0°C     I really hope someone knows how to solve this. Almost all information I could find was about saving power to create less heat.    I got Intel and NVIDIA (GeForce 740M) graphics but I'm almost anytime on Intel.  $ sudo lshw -c display   *-display                       description: VGA compatible controller        product: 3rd Gen Core processor Graphics Controller        vendor: Intel Corporation        physical id: 2        bus info: pci@0000:00:02.0        version: 09        width: 64 bits        clock: 33MHz        capabilities: msi pm vga_controller bus_master cap_list rom        configuration: driver=i915 latency=0        resources: irq:43 memory:f7400000-f77fffff memory:d0000000-dfffffff ioport:f000(size=64)     fwts fan:
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If I use a program such as SpeedFan to keep my fans at 100% power 24/7, will it harm my computer? I don't care about my power bill but if the excess power could harm my computer I would worry. I have a 350 watt power supply so I don't think the excess power usage will harm it. Here's what I think:  Pros   Things it cools off are kept cooler Cooler parts = faster computer Cooler parts = slower fail rate   Cons   It just sounds wrong. I know this sounds dumb but still Most fans are designed to do their job already I'm either gaming or just browsing the web. Obviously gaming while keeping the fans on can be beneficial but my computer doesn't get very hot while browsing the internet.
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My laptop adapter is ungrounded, and because of that, I feel slight vibrations when I stroke the laptop surface (if I unplug my laptop, the vibrations go away, so it can't be the fan). The adapter is double-insulated so it should be perfectly safe without grounding - but those vibrations are still worrying me. It might be electricity that's passed to me, but I'm not sure what it really is. What are those vibrations, and are they harmful for me or my laptop?
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I am running a web server at home using Ubuntu 11.4 (maybe? I can't 100% recall) on an older AMD 2400+ desktop with 1 or 2 GB of RAM. Sorry I can't recall the details 100%.  Anyway, I have a KVM hooked up to a monitor and PS2 keyboard that I use to switch between the server and my iMac (The keyboard is only hooked up so I can switch between the two easily. Many times a week, Pingdom will tell me the server is down and I can't hit the server. When I get home (it rarely happens when I am home), I hit the Ctrl key twice to switch to the server, hit the space bar and everything is now up and running again. I need to look again, but I don't believe there is any power saving features turned on in the BIOS.  Does anyone have any other suggestions of what I may have going on? I have my uncle's website running on it now and I really would like to have a better up-time than 95%  As a note, I do not have any GUI installed so everything has to be done on the console (or through WebMin) and I know my way around, but I am by no means experienced.
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Windows 8.1 Preview has disk usage of 100%, and the fan is very noisy. It started one week ago, before that it wasn't so noisy and the laptop worked very well. I don't know the cause. I hope you can help me.  Here is a screenshot of the Task Manager - the disk usage varies from 20 to 40 MB/s.
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I am using an old laptop and doing heavy processing that needs high CPU usage for a long time (~30mins - 2hours). When the process puts heavy load on CPU for a long time, CPU overheats and computer shuts down. I don't want to use a cooler/stand because I am carrying this laptop around and working outside home.  Is there a way/application that I can limit CPU usage of a process in Windows?  Note: Setting the priority of the process from task manager does not work.  Note 2: Fans are clean.
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Recently my home desktop computer has been reacting a lot more to heat levels. The fan starts maxing out just about any time the CPU is used, and it's very loud. It didn't use to do this - only in the last year or so (it's about 3 or 4 years old). I've removed all the dust I can find, but Speedfan shows it's running at about 130 degrees, and when it goes a tick above that the fan goes crazy.  Any ideas? Can the heat sink fail over time? Do I need to get better/quieter fans?  I'm not looking to put a lot of money into this system, so I'm hoping for any low cost ideas.
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I have two laptops: Dell xps M1210 and Dell vostro 1400. On MS windows the output volume is so loud that I just need to set volume to around 20% to listen music and watch videos. I use Bose TriPort In-Ear Headphones most of the times. On ubuntu, even if I set 100% volume on the multimedia player, on the desktop volume manager as well, and also on the ncurses GUI of alsa mixer, I get very low volume output. Sometimes while playing some vidoes the volume is so low that I barely hear any words. I have struggled for two years since I started to use ubuntu to solve this mystery. The same sound card which gives excellent sound on MS windows fails miserably on GNU/Linux. Few weeks back I bought an Asus 100PX EEE PC. To my surprise even it also has the same issue. I have tried many versions of ubuntu and also I have done manual compiles of alsa modules without any success. I have asked and read about it in every possible forums and howto's. Nothing has helped me to address the issue.
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I have this problem in my office that multiple Macs always run 24/7 and my boss said that I need to make it stop. Now I don't have much experience with Macs, I'm more the Windows type.   I have one Mac who acts as a server and would like to run a script or something like that to orchestrate the power status of several computers if that helps.  How can I shut down all of those 7-8 Macs remotely at 11:30pm?
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I've got a fan in a laptop that occasionally makes some loud airplane-like noises.  It mostly happens about 10 seconds after booting up and lasts for 10-20 seconds.  It also occasionally happens when the computer is running, but very rarely.  Interestingly, it does not seem to happen when the processor is being used heavily.  The laptop does not have a discrete graphics card.  The fan is clean.  I'm not sure if the laptop is under warranty, but I trust my own skills much more than I trust the manufacturer (or the shipper).  Before I search for a matching fan and replace it, I thought I would see if it is safe to try any lubricants.  Are there any lubricants that are safe to use inside a laptop?  I don't want a fire or anything that will splatter and cause conductivity issues within the circuitry.
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I have an interesting problem. I am using Windows 8.1 on my PC and I have WOL enabled from my BIOS and my LAN card settings and it works just fine.  But, since a couple of weeks back, my computer turns on by itself in the middle of the night.  Two nights ago, after it woke me up because of the noise, I removed the LAN cord and everything was well until the next morning when I powered the PC myself. I also thought it could be a peripheral, so from Device Manager I went through every device there (apart from the LAN card, which I need because of the WOL), disabling Allow device to wake the computer from "Power Management". Also, in the LAN settings, I checked and the network card can be wake the PC up just by using Magic Packet or Pattern Mach.   The problem persisted last night (it woke around 5am).  I started reading forums and saw the idea of looking what last turned on my PC, so I checked with powercfg -lastwake and it returned the following:   Wake History Count - 1 Wake History [0]  Wake Source Count - 0   Because of the answer, I couldn't find a thing, therefore I checked the Windows logs, filtering them by Power Issues. I found the last wake my PC  experienced, and the log was as it follows:   The system has returned from a low power state. Sleep Time: ‎2014‎-‎05‎-‎08T23:38:33.848063300Z Wake Time: ‎2014‎-‎05‎-‎09T01:56:48.134397800Z     Wake Source: Unknown   This is the reason I have posted the issue here, even though there are many posts about this. I didn't want to repost, but I never found this same problem (with wake source unknown) in any post or forum.  I hope someone has an idea of what may be the problem.
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I have many different AC adapters and power supplies for a variety of devices, ranging from small 5V/1A USB chargers to laptop power adapters and desktop PSUs. However, I often hear a whining noise from  some of these power supplies. This happens most often when they are not connected to a device or otherwise in use, and stop making noise when I connect a load to it such as by plugging in a device that is not fully charged.  Why do some AC adapters and power supplies make this whining noise? Why do some not make this noise? Is there anything I can do to suppress it?