From owner-freebsd-acpi@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Apr 28 22:01:02 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-acpi@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8042916A4CE for ; Wed, 28 Apr 2004 22:01:02 -0700 (PDT) Received: from web41106.mail.yahoo.com (web41106.mail.yahoo.com [66.218.93.22]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 477EF43D62 for ; Wed, 28 Apr 2004 22:01:02 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from jmkatcher@yahoo.com) Message-ID: <20040429050101.63950.qmail@web41106.mail.yahoo.com> Received: from [24.18.54.216] by web41106.mail.yahoo.com via HTTP; Wed, 28 Apr 2004 22:01:01 PDT Date: Wed, 28 Apr 2004 22:01:01 -0700 (PDT) From: Jeffrey Katcher To: freebsd-acpi@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: <20040428142302.T89203@root.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Subject: Re: Fan Control Success on IBM T40? (another quick Q) X-BeenThere: freebsd-acpi@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: ACPI and power management development List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 29 Apr 2004 05:01:02 -0000 FYI, if anyone needs to update their Thinkpad BIOS/system controller and doesn't have a floppy or run Windows, I have a working procedure involving Bochs, FreeDOS, and bootable CDs. Bochs/FreeDOS is used to generate floppy boot images from IBM's DOS only BIOS/system controller updaters which are then burned as standalone boot CDs to remove the necessity of having a floppy drive. The current T40 system controller (3.0a)/BIOS (3.04) seems quite a bit better about powering down the fan. Hope this is helpful, Jeff Katcher __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Win a $20,000 Career Makeover at Yahoo! HotJobs http://hotjobs.sweepstakes.yahoo.com/careermakeover