The CPU fan on my Acer Aspire Lite 14 laptop is not working properly

My Spec here :

CPU:
Info: 6-core (2-mt/4-st) model: 12th Gen Intel Core i3-1215U bits: 64
type: MST AMCP cache: L2: 4.5 MiB
Speed (MHz): avg: 484 min/max: 400/4400:3300 cores: 1: 690 2: 400 3: 400
4: 787 5: 400 6: 400 7: 400 8: 400
Flags: 3dnowprefetch abm acpi adx aes aperfmperf apic arat
arch_capabilities arch_lbr arch_perfmon art avx avx2 avx_vnni bmi1 bmi2
bts clflush clflushopt clwb cmov constant_tsc cpuid cpuid_fault cx16 cx8
de ds_cpl dtes64 dtherm dts epb ept ept_ad erms est f16c flexpriority
flush_l1d fma fpu fsgsbase fsrm fxsr gfni hfi ht hwp hwp_act_window
hwp_epp hwp_notify hwp_pkg_req ibpb ibrs ibrs_enhanced ibt ida intel_pt
invpcid lahf_lm lm mca mce md_clear mmx monitor movbe movdir64b movdiri
msr mtrr nonstop_tsc nopl nx ospke pae pat pbe pcid pclmulqdq pdcm
pdpe1gb pebs pge pku pln pni popcnt pse pse36 pts rdpid rdrand rdseed
rdtscp rep_good sdbg sep serialize sha_ni smap smep split_lock_detect ss
ssbd sse sse2 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 stibp syscall tm tm2 tpr_shadow tsc
tsc_adjust tsc_deadline_timer tsc_known_freq umip user_shstk vaes vme vmx
vnmi vpclmulqdq vpid waitpkg x2apic xgetbv1 xsave xsavec xsaveopt xsaves
xtopology xtpr

Previously, I used Windows 11, and my fan would sometimes make noise when multitasking, which made me think that the fan was working properly.

Strangely, when I was in BIOS, the CPU fan immediately made noise or spun quickly.

However, when I was on the Zorin desktop, there was almost no air coming out of the air vent.

Linux alifusers-Aspire-AL14-51M 6.14.0-34-generic #34~24.04.1-Ubuntu SMP PREEMPT_DYNAMIC Tue Sep 23 15:35:20 UTC 2 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux

but it works in the BIOS

Have you installed lm-sensors or fancontrol?

I just installed the fancontrol and I installed the LM sensor a long time ago.

Welcome to the Forum!

Did You checked the Temps when You run Zorin? You can use something like psensor or the Gnome Extension Vitals for this. Or simply take a Look in the preinstalled System Monitor. There You can see Temperatures, too.

When Your System runs without Problems and the Temps are fine, I guess maybe the Ressource Consumption isn't so high. And when it is heard in BIOS ... maybe it runs in BIOS in some kind of default Setup or so.

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I do recommend Psensor, I like it very much!


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