Intel CPU: Dell fans cycling

[migmanu]

Hey! I am facing fan cycling: fans turn off for a couple of minutes, turn on for another couple, and off again ad infinitum. This is a known issue with my system Dell Inspiron 5620. Normally they turn on when one of the CPUs reaches around 47 degrees Celsius.

I resolved this with Gnome power management. Used 'power saving' the whole time. And even when in 'performance' or 'normal', the fans ran smoother. They surely got louder but in a constant manner. Not on and off again.

Since using auto-cpufreq I have had this issue again. 'Powersave' mode is where I get the most cycling. 'Default' and 'Performance' make fans always on, though I think I can hear some constant speed changes.

I have tried switching the driver as suggested in the Troubleshooting section but nothing changed.

Has anyone faced a similar issue and knows how to resolve it?

System information:

Linux distro: Ubuntu 23.04 Lunar Lobster
Linux kernel: 6.2.0-39-generic
Processor: 12th Gen Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-1255U
Cores: 12
Architecture: x86_64
Driver: acpi-cpufreq

------------------------------ Current CPU stats ------------------------------

CPU max frequency: 2601 MHz
CPU min frequency: 400 MHz

Core Usage Temperature Frequency
CPU0 38.8% 44 °C 713 MHz
CPU1 35.0% 44 °C 1560 MHz
CPU2 20.0% 41 °C 1700 MHz
CPU3 32.7% 41 °C 1701 MHz
CPU4 16.3% 45 °C 1204 MHz
CPU5 27.3% 45 °C 1200 MHz
CPU6 31.7% 45 °C 1201 MHz
CPU7 5.0% 45 °C 1202 MHz
CPU8 5.9% 41 °C 400 MHz
CPU9 2.0% 41 °C 434 MHz
CPU10 2.1% 41 °C 584 MHz
CPU11 9.8% 41 °C 428 MHz

auto-cpufreq version: 2.2.0 (git: 215026a)

Python: 3.11.4
psutil package: 5.9.8
platform package: 1.0.8
click package: 8.1.7
distro package: 1.9.0

Computer type: Notebook
Battery is: charging

auto-cpufreq system resource consumption:
cpu usage: 0.0 %
memory use: 0.18 %

Total CPU usage: 19.6 %
Total system load: 3.07
Average temp. of all cores: 42.83 °C

auto-cpufreq --debug