Patent ID: 8671290

Claim:
A heat dissipating device, applicable to a host, wherein the host comprises a Power Supply Unit (PSU), the heat dissipating device comprising: at least one fan; a temperature detecting unit for detecting a temperature inside the host; a fan control unit coupled with the fan for controlling a rotating speed of the fan; and a power consumption control unit coupled with the PSU, the temperature detecting unit, the fan control unit, and the PSU of the host for calculating a total power consumption of the host, and outputting a control signal to the fan control unit according to the temperature inside the host and the total power consumption of the host, so as to adjust the rotating speed of the fan, wherein the power consumption control unit adjusts the rotating speed of the fan according to the temperature inside the host when the total power consumption of the host does not exceed a threshold total power consumption, and controls the fan control unit to lower the rotating speed of the fan when the total power consumption of the host exceeds the threshold total power consumption, so as to reduce the total power consumption of the host to the threshold total power consumption.