Date: Sat, 22 Jan 2005 18:15:19 -0500 From: "Alexandre \"Sunny\" Kovalenko" <Alex.Kovalenko@verizon.net> To: Robert Watson <rwatson@FreeBSD.org> Cc: current@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Notebook fan stuck on? Message-ID: <1106435719.659.6.camel@RabbitsDen> In-Reply-To: <Pine.NEB.3.96L.1050122204304.19903Q-100000@fledge.watson.org> References: <Pine.NEB.3.96L.1050122204304.19903Q-100000@fledge.watson.org>
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On Sat, 2005-01-22 at 20:44 +0000, Robert Watson wrote: > I'm not sure when this began, but I noticed recently that, once my > notebook's fan gets turned on due to the temperature rising, it seems > never to get turned off. I'm not sure how to begin debugging this -- in > particular, how to decide if it's because the notebook isn't cooling > properly (perhaps due to ACPI or hardware?) or if we're failing to turn it > back down against once it is cooled (perhaps also due to ACPI?). > Regardless, it actually has the effect of generating quite a bit more > noise, and using moderately more battery, so any pointers on where to > start looking for helpful. > > Thanks, > > Robert N M Watson > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-current@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-current > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-current-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" What does sysctl hw.acpi.thermal say? Starting point would be looking at whether sysctl hw.acpi.thermal.tzN.temperature changes with time. (for all N your notebook provided). -- Alexandre "Sunny" Kovalenko (Олександр Коваленко)
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