Date: Thu, 29 Nov 2001 06:51:32 -0800 From: Gabriel Rocha <grocha@neutraldomain.org> To: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: CPU fan control on laptops ? Message-ID: <20011129065132.D70269@neutraldomain.org> In-Reply-To: <F1984fDGCl9FopYC98B0002951a@hotmail.com>; from freebsdfan@hotmail.com on Thu, Nov 29, 2001 at 06:48:01AM -0800 References: <F1984fDGCl9FopYC98B0002951a@hotmail.com>
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On Thu, Nov 29, at 06:48AM, Chuck T. wrote: | I recently installed FreeBSD 4.4 on my Toshiba 440CDT laptop. The keyboard | cover becomes quite warm after running for a few minutes. Under WinDoze the | CPU fan speed varies depending on the CPU temperature. Apparently this is a | software function, as I don't think the fan is coming on under FreeBSD. Is | there something I need to configure to get the fan to come on ? I've | searched the handbook and mailing lists, but I didn't find any mention of | this issue. It probably doesn't help you any, but at least on my laptops (T20 and 600X) the fan comes on when the laptop gets a little warm. Just starts going until the temp is acceptable again...--Gabe To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-mobile" in the body of the message
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