I have found several programs that let me see what hardware I have, but none that manage drivers, allow me to do “custom” stuff to it like … run fans faster, or similar things.

I have run thermald , but even then, running fallout 3 or balatro makes my computer hit 95C (on the gfx card, with CPU not much cooler ~88). I did re-thermal paste and termal pillow my laptop, and it’s the same heating problems still.

I don’t know how to get “hardware profiles” for NVIDIA X server settings.

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                               CPU: Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-7700HQ (8) @ 3.80 GHz
                               GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Ti Mobile [Discrete]
                               GPU 2: Intel HD Graphics 630 @ 1.10 GHz [Integrated]
                               Memory: 5.00 GiB / 7.68 GiB (65%)
                               Swap: 145.95 MiB / 7.92 GiB (2%)
                               Disk (/): 100.87 GiB / 224.94 GiB (45%) - ext4
                               Disk (/media/username/Data): 451.32 GiB / 913.43 GiB (49%) - fuseblk
                               Local IP (wlp2s0): 192.168.1.244/24
                               Battery (BIF0_9): 100% [AC Connected]
                               Locale: en_GB.UTF-8

https://www.productindetail.com/pn/msi-gl62m-7rex-1869uk

EDIT : kinda like the stuff Pika OS has, which I tried to compile and run here, but the dependencies did not want to be obtained.

I’ve customsied this version of debian too much to just switch to that, and besides , that OS specifically warns you that it’s experimental and should not be used for serious applications and I want a stable system.

      • swelter_spark@reddthat.comEnglish
        2·
        10 hours ago

        You might want to look at LACT or CoolerControl? I don’t use Debian, but if either of those is available in a form you can use, they should allow you to change fan speeds, power draw, voltage, etc. Or gamemoded can be used to force a game to use a limited number of cores, which can help reduce heat generation.

        • [object Object]@lemmy.world
          1·
          4 hours ago

          force a game to use a limited number of cores

          Afaiu this can be done by setting cpu affinity, with tools that are already in the system. Will have to make a wrapper script or somesuch, though, so perhaps a program doing that for the user is indeed easier.