restart-powerd

Small script that checks if nvidia-powerd starts using 100% CPU and restarts it. It runs as a cron job every minute.

Installation

Download the script into /root directory

Add a crontab entry for the root user

sudo crontab -e

* * * * * /root/kill_powerd.sh

Cron expression

• The script will run every minute.
• https://crontab.guru/#_*_
• It does not help much to run the script more often than that.

CPU percentage

• On some PCs nvidia-powerd can use only 4% CPU and fans can go crazy.
• You can adjust this setting in the kill_powerd.sh script, replace the 80 with the desired value.