Re: [ACPI-sppt] ACPI on ASUS M2N

hello mads..

* Mads Paulin <[email protected]> [2003-08-06 14:47 +0200]:
> On Tue, 2003-08-05 at 17:01, Sebastian Henschel wrote:
> > 
> > * Mads Paulin <[email protected]> [2003-08-05 16:56 +0200]:
> > > 
> > > The fan is capable of more speeds that on/off. It does so in Windows,
> > > and ASUS' commercial material (if that is to be trusted) also claims
> > > this.
> > 
> > ah, okay. :)
> > 
> > > Besides, I got the fan to rotate at low RPM's under linux
> > 
> > and how did you do that? with apm?
> 
> For example...
> 
> I have also experimented with ACPI. If I dont load the thermal module
> and load the other ACPI modules in some specific order, the fan is
> controlled correctly. I think this is a coincidence and not the right
> way to go. Perhaps some of us M2400N owners should join up and write a
> correct DSDT table.. I think this is the key to correct fan control.

good idea. though i do not own such a laptop, i only have one to work on
at the moment. bruno and karol seem to know a lot about DSDTs, though
they both do not own a M2400N.

> Haveyou got the thermal module to report the correct cpu temperature ?
> mine always reports 60 deg C.

as i recall, it was always 60°C, regardless of fan running or not.

> > > On Tue, 2003-08-05 at 15:21, Sebastian Henschel wrote:
> > > > 
> > > > * "Rainer M." <[email protected]> [2003-08-05 15:14 +0200]:
> > > > > 
> > > > > is there anybody here who's successfully using ACPI on an Asus M2(400)N 
> > > > > machine?
> > > > > With "successfully" I mean that especially fan control works properly (so that 
> > > > > the fan would not just toggle between full power and off). 
> > > > 
> > > > from where do you know that there are more states possible than these
> > > > two? perhaps the fan is not capable of any intermediate stages?

bye,
 sebastian

p.s.: please reply to the list. :)
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