Re: [ACPI-sppt] fan speed control techniques (again)

Derek Broughton <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.linux.acpi.support
Organization Pointer Stop Consulting
Message-ID <[email protected]>
From: "Emma Jane Hogbin" <[email protected]>

> On Wed, Jul 09, 2003 at 08:53:33AM -0300, Derek Broughton wrote:

> > I don't think there's anything wrong with the fan itself.  Does it really
come
> > on when the thermal trip points say it should?  Then the acpi implementation
> > works :-)  Whether the laptop maker has done a good job of defining the trip
> > points is another matter, but I'd rather trust them than risk my machine.
>
> Agreed there's nothing wrong with the fan--it's a symptom of a problem,
> but I don't believe it is the problem.

Ah.  I didn't really grasp your problem.  (misled by a lack of ACPI fan control
on my Dell).  I thought you were complaining that the trip points were actually
too low, when it appears the fans coming on long before hitting trippoints.  In
which case, I'm at a loss too.



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