From owner-freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Mar 7 19:14:20 2005 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 62A8E16A4CE for ; Mon, 7 Mar 2005 19:14:20 +0000 (GMT) Received: from ciao.gmane.org (main.gmane.org [80.91.229.2]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 546AA43D5C for ; Mon, 7 Mar 2005 19:14:19 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from freebsd-mobile@m.gmane.org) Received: from list by ciao.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.43) id 1D8NaX-0001Qp-3U for freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org; Mon, 07 Mar 2005 20:08:21 +0100 Received: from jesse.guardiani.us ([216.64.98.233]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Mon, 07 Mar 2005 20:08:21 +0100 Received: from jesse by jesse.guardiani.us with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Mon, 07 Mar 2005 20:08:21 +0100 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ To: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org From: Jesse Guardiani Date: Mon, 07 Mar 2005 02:18:28 -0500 Organization: WingNET Lines: 41 Message-ID: References: <20050304223630.1CCD15D07@ptavv.es.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7Bit X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: jesse.guardiani.us User-Agent: KNode/0.8.2 X-Mail-Copies-To: never Sender: news X-Gmane-MailScanner: Found to be clean X-Gmane-MailScanner: Found to be clean X-MailScanner-From: freebsd-mobile@m.gmane.org X-MailScanner-To: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Thinkpad Thermals X-BeenThere: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list Reply-To: jesse@wingnet.net List-Id: Mobile computing with FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 07 Mar 2005 19:14:20 -0000 Jesse Guardiani wrote: > Kevin Oberman wrote: [...] >>> Is 66C acceptable temp for a laptop? It's definitely a better temp, but >>> It would really stink if my 1.2ghz had to be run at just 800mhz all the >>> time to avoid cooking things. >> >> Once again, I can't define "acceptable". It is not so hot as to be >> frightening, but it does sound like it's running warmer than I would >> expect. Dust? Blocked air intake/outlet? > > Absolutely not. I just replaced the motherboard myself. It took 2 hours. > I was very careful to examine the heatsink for blockage or excessive dust. > It's clean, and the fan spins freely. > > >> Those can real impact thermals. And, of course, fan problems can be >> a big issue. > > I'm starting to think that my fan should be running, but isn't. The > whole purpose of this post is to see if I can figure out what went wrong > last year when my GPU cooked. If the fan should be running, but isn't, > then that certainly gives me a place to start. OK, I can't find any fan speed settings in the BIOS. I have LCD settings, CPU settings, and performance profiles, but nothing for fan speed. I think the fan is running, as I can hear a faint humming from the vent port, even when the HDD is sleeping. I can't feel any air on my hand though. Where should I start looking to tweak this thing via ACPI? -- Jesse Guardiani, Systems Administrator WingNET Internet Services, P.O. Box 2605 // Cleveland, TN 37320-2605 423-559-LINK (v) 423-559-5145 (f) http://www.wingnet.net