Date: Sun, 23 Jan 2005 00:17:37 +0100 From: Erik Norgaard <norgaard@locolomo.org> To: Robert Watson <rwatson@FreeBSD.org> Cc: current@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Notebook fan stuck on? Message-ID: <41F2DF11.5060109@locolomo.org> 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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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. Hi Robert, I had just that problem with my Asus. Then I cleaned my fan, and now the cooling works fine, and the notebook is silent. Cheers, Erik -- Ph: +34.666334818 web: http://www.locolomo.org S/MIME Certificate: http://www.locolomo.org/crt/2004071206.crt Subject ID: A9:76:7A:ED:06:95:2B:8D:48:97:CE:F2:3F:42:C8:F2:22:DE:4C:B9 Fingerprint: 4A:E8:63:38:46:F6:9A:5D:B4:DC:29:41:3F:62:D3:0A:73:25:67:C2
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