Fan control for Dell laptops

Submitted by Xilodyne on Wed, 06/17/2020 - 18:35

One expensive and unfortunate lesson I learned in using my Dell Laptop (XPS 15, 32GB, SSD 1TB Nvidia GPU GTX 1050) for machine learning training is that the computer could overheat.  At least that's what I figured out after the damage had been done.  Before I bricked the machine I installed a CPU/GPU temperature monitor (GPU-Z (https://www.techpowerup.com/gpuz/ ) and I could see the temperature reaching >95°C and then shutting down.