Date: Fri, 16 Feb 2007 09:11:38 -1000 From: Robert Marella <rmarella@gmail.com> To: Jesse Sheidlower <jester@panix.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Diagnosing fan problem Message-ID: <20070216091138.2320f34a@p4> In-Reply-To: <20070215171950.GA16214@panix.com> References: <20070215171950.GA16214@panix.com>
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On Thu, 15 Feb 2007 12:19:50 -0500 Jesse Sheidlower <jester@panix.com> wrote: > > I have a ThinkPad T41p that has had a variety of fan problems > for some time. After my most recent repair things seemed to be > working fine, but the other day I was compiling some ports and > the machine just shut down in the middle; after some > experimentation it seemed clear that it was just overheating > under load and shutting itself off. (Looking at the > temperature sysctl showed that it was getting increasingly hot > until it crashed.) > > How can I monitor what is happening? Are there any ways I can > find out from FreeBSD if the fan is even on, or how it thinks > it is working? "systcl -a | grep fan" didn't return anything. > Can I control the fan? > > I don't want to make yet another warranty call if they're > gonna say, "It's working fine, it's your OS" or something. > > Thanks. > > Jesse Sheidlower > Aloha Jesse I know this is not what you are asking but my daughter had a problem with her laptop overheating and shutting down and this fixed it. http://www.sundialmicro.com/Note-Book-Coolers_1731.html Of course hers was not under any warranty. I hope this helps. Robert
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