From owner-freebsd-acpi@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Apr 30 10:24:52 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-acpi@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 441DD16A4CE for ; Fri, 30 Apr 2004 10:24:52 -0700 (PDT) Received: from root.org (root.org [67.118.192.226]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with SMTP id F30EC43D53 for ; Fri, 30 Apr 2004 10:24:51 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from nate@root.org) Received: (qmail 1694 invoked by uid 1000); 30 Apr 2004 17:24:52 -0000 Date: Fri, 30 Apr 2004 10:24:52 -0700 (PDT) From: Nate Lawson To: Jeffrey Katcher In-Reply-To: <20040429050101.63950.qmail@web41106.mail.yahoo.com> Message-ID: <20040430095720.R1475@root.org> References: <20040429050101.63950.qmail@web41106.mail.yahoo.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII cc: freebsd-acpi@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Fan Control Success on IBM T40? (another quick Q) X-BeenThere: freebsd-acpi@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: ACPI and power management development List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 30 Apr 2004 17:24:52 -0000 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