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      glennster
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      Hello,

      I recently installed pfsense on an old pc machine. And i noticed that fans run perfectly fine during boot but turn off when pfsense is running. I am concerned about the heat inside my old pc box. My questions are;

      1. Will this be a huge hardware issue since it will be running 27/7?
      2. How can i turn on the fans while pfsense is running? *BTW fans are set to run normally in the BOIS settings.

      Thanks

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        Guest
        last edited by

        1: yes
        2: check your hardware

        wery much doubt that this is a pfs issue, try booting some other os and see if you get the same prb

        /F

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          Coldfirex
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          I have seen this as well on older IBM PC.  Not sure the issue yet.

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            cmb
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            Might be a quirk in your motherboard's ACPI. I'd try upgrading the BIOS first if it isn't the latest. If that doesn't change anything, try disabling ACPI in pfSense.

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