Hello, HTPC first timer.
I purchased what I thought to be a solid machine (Sapphire Edge HD3). Well, it turned out to be a royal piece-o-junk out of box. Loud, hot, etc.
I managed to undervolt, using a tool I found for Fusion CPU's. Since there's no gcc/make on OpenELEC I had to build elsewhere, but it works. I got a decent ~10C drop.
However, it's still on the warm side (70C idle, pushing 80C load). The lowest BIOS fan setting is 4500RPM, which still produces too much noise. I need to flat out underclock, while having more control over the fan. Please tell me - is this possible, in any way whatsoever, on OpenELEC?
I was excited to install OpenELEC, it looks great. But I've been dealt a bad hand with this computer. I want a stripped down distro. And I really, REALLY don't want to - but I'm considering Arch Linux if I can't get this thing under control. It will be a pain, yes. Nowhere near the simplicity of OpenELEC.
I purchased what I thought to be a solid machine (Sapphire Edge HD3). Well, it turned out to be a royal piece-o-junk out of box. Loud, hot, etc.
I managed to undervolt, using a tool I found for Fusion CPU's. Since there's no gcc/make on OpenELEC I had to build elsewhere, but it works. I got a decent ~10C drop.
However, it's still on the warm side (70C idle, pushing 80C load). The lowest BIOS fan setting is 4500RPM, which still produces too much noise. I need to flat out underclock, while having more control over the fan. Please tell me - is this possible, in any way whatsoever, on OpenELEC?
I was excited to install OpenELEC, it looks great. But I've been dealt a bad hand with this computer. I want a stripped down distro. And I really, REALLY don't want to - but I'm considering Arch Linux if I can't get this thing under control. It will be a pain, yes. Nowhere near the simplicity of OpenELEC.