Re: Management of Thermal
Norberto Meijome <[email protected]>
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On Mon, 08 Oct 2007 15:41:16 +0200 Lars Engels <[email protected]> wrote: > What I can see from yoursystl output is that hw.acpi.cpu.cx_lowest is > set to C1. You could try to set it to C3. Then the CPU will sleep > deeper and has some time to cool down. sounds like a good idea - i'll give it a try. > Another thing I spotted is hw.acpi.thermal.tz0.passive_cooling=1 > With that setting the CPU is cooled passively AFAIK. So if the fan > starts to run, it could be that it is not FreeBSD that tells it so, > but the internal sensors. hmm i'll check the BIOS ...maybe there's something there too > Do you have Windows installed on that Notebook? How warm does the CPU > get there? Or with a Linux live CD? i can run knoppix - i'll get the sysctls settings out of it and see how they compare.... thanks, Lars B _________________________ {Beto|Norberto|Numard} Meijome Unix is user friendly. However, it isn't idiot friendly. I speak for myself, not my employer. Contents may be hot. Slippery when wet. Reading disclaimers makes you go blind. Writing them is worse. You have been Warned. _______________________________________________ [email protected] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-mobile To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[email protected]"