Date: Fri, 30 Apr 2004 10:24:52 -0700 (PDT) From: Nate Lawson <nate@root.org> To: Jeffrey Katcher <jmkatcher@yahoo.com> Cc: freebsd-acpi@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Fan Control Success on IBM T40? (another quick Q) Message-ID: <20040430095720.R1475@root.org> In-Reply-To: <20040429050101.63950.qmail@web41106.mail.yahoo.com> References: <20040429050101.63950.qmail@web41106.mail.yahoo.com>
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On Wed, 28 Apr 2004, Jeffrey Katcher wrote: > FYI, if anyone needs to update their Thinkpad BIOS/system controller and > doesn't > have a floppy or run Windows, I have a working procedure involving Bochs, > FreeDOS, > and bootable CDs. Bochs/FreeDOS is used to generate floppy boot images from > IBM's > DOS only BIOS/system controller updaters which are then burned as standalone > boot > CDs to remove the necessity of having a floppy drive. > > The current T40 system controller (3.0a)/BIOS (3.04) seems quite a bit better > about powering down the fan. I don't know if anyone is reading/using the ACPI section of the handbook but this should be one of the first suggestions in it. UPDATE YOUR BIOS AND/OR EC BEFORE COMPLAINING. :) http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/acpi-debug.html -Nate
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