From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Pavel Machek Subject: Re: acpi & cpu cooling Date: Thu, 20 Jan 2005 15:22:20 +0100 Message-ID: <20050120142213.GG476@openzaurus.ucw.cz> References: <41E8E816.2050003@pl.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Return-path: Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <41E8E816.2050003-tXhYEH5G0dc@public.gmane.org> Sender: acpi-devel-admin-5NWGOfrQmneRv+LV9MX5uipxlwaOVQ5f@public.gmane.org Errors-To: acpi-devel-admin-5NWGOfrQmneRv+LV9MX5uipxlwaOVQ5f@public.gmane.org List-Unsubscribe: , List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , List-Archive: To: Morgan Read Cc: ACPI devel list List-Id: linux-acpi@vger.kernel.org Hi! > I've lurked on this list for a while & my questions seem a little > elementary, but it seems this is the best place to ask? > > My objective is to quieten my laptop (donated to me) so I can sit it > in lectures with out embarrassment or complaint from my fellow > students... > > I've de-dusted the heat-sink & re set it. But, it still spends most > of the time with the fan at full speed. Just stick piece of paper into the fan so it can not spin and see if passive cooling can deal with it :-). > If I can throttle down the cpu it'll cool off and the fan will > drop down to slow??? - My strategy. Stop the fan and acpi should do just that. Pavel -- 64 bytes from 195.113.31.123: icmp_seq=28 ttl=51 time=448769.1 ms ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by: IntelliVIEW -- Interactive Reporting Tool for open source databases. Create drag-&-drop reports. Save time by over 75%! Publish reports on the web. Export to DOC, XLS, RTF, etc. Download a FREE copy at http://www.intelliview.com/go/osdn_nl