Re: Re: Acpi slows down my new Asus portable quite a lot

[Sebastian Henschel <acpi-1rjuZeEg9oEb1SvskN2V4Q@public.gmane.org>]

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hello rainer..

* "Rainer M." <rmuehlhoff-52dn/g0OV9M@public.gmane.org> [2003-07-17 07:50 +0200]:

> I'm using an ASUS MxN, acpi works fine after applying a modified DSDT to solve 
> the 100%-cpu-load problem. But what still does not work is fan control and 
> speedstepping. 
> When starting with AC-adaptor, the fan would toggle between off and full 
> power. When starting with battery, the fan would never start running, (even 
> when my computer's compiling) and cpu speed eventually gets throttled down 
> (presumably by the cpu's internal overheat handlers) to 100MHz in the end. 
> 
> The second question of course would be whether someone has ideas how to solve 
> it. My DSDT can be found at acpi.sf.net, section ASUS M2400N (this fixed one, 
> not the original one). 

you might try using cpufreq (http://www.codemonkey.org.uk/cpufreq/) and
cpufreqd (http://cpufreqd.sf.net) to regulate the speed of your cpu (and
thus your fan).

hth,
 sebastian
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