From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Daimonos Tereutes Date: Wed, 25 Mar 2009 10:28:48 +0000 Subject: Re: [lm-sensors] Issues with ACER Travelmate 2423wxm Message-Id: <49CA0760.8050205@nainwak.com> List-Id: References: In-Reply-To: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable To: lm-sensors@vger.kernel.org Cristiano Barbaro a =E9crit : > Hello everyone. I am unable to get lm-sensors to detect my laptop's=20 > sensors. This is most annoying because in order to activate fan=20 > control to cool off the processor I need to have lm-sensors to find=20 > the sensors themselves. As a result, the laptop goes into some sort of=20 > slow mode after heating the processor up to 96 degrees celsius(!),=20 > and everything sloooows down to a crawl including this email that=20 > I'm typing. I have tried upgrading the bios to the Phoenix 1.06 latest=20 > version, but the only benefit has been that the temperature is=20 > correctly read by the system. The /proc/acpi/fan directory is totally=20 > empty. > The system even overheats and slows down in Windows XP which I=20 > reinstalled recently in order to upgrade the bios. > > I am using Ubuntu 8.10 at the moment, with a small partition dedicated=20 > to windoze for future bios upgrades. > Hello, I don't know for your specific model, but most acer laptop doesn't allow=20 to manage the fan. The fan automaticaly (bios ? acpi ?) start when the trip temp is reached=20 (~50=B0C). Your fan is probably in bad chape. If your laptop is no longer under=20 waranty you may try to open it to clean the fan and heat dissipator. Or more easy, try to chase the dust with a vacuum cleaner or a gas=20 duster (canned air). If it's under warranty, contact acer support. Sincerely, Fran=E7ois _______________________________________________ lm-sensors mailing list lm-sensors@lm-sensors.org http://lists.lm-sensors.org/mailman/listinfo/lm-sensors