From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S932466AbVJYXEY (ORCPT ); Tue, 25 Oct 2005 19:04:24 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S932467AbVJYXEY (ORCPT ); Tue, 25 Oct 2005 19:04:24 -0400 Received: from bromo.msbb.uc.edu ([129.137.3.146]:56455 "HELO bromo.msbb.uc.edu") by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id S932466AbVJYXEY (ORCPT ); Tue, 25 Oct 2005 19:04:24 -0400 To: alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk, howarth@bromo.msbb.uc.edu Subject: Re: W2100Z Critical temperature explained Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Message-Id: <20051025230256.D1BC61DC06D@bromo.msbb.uc.edu> Date: Tue, 25 Oct 2005 19:02:56 -0400 (EDT) From: howarth@bromo.msbb.uc.edu (Jack Howarth) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Alan, Actually I found a discussion of the issue that I believe I am seeing at... http://supportforum.sun.com/hardware/index.php?t=msg&goto=18308&rid=6746&SQ=d7bff636081bc7374f3e861f6672e008 There may be more than one cause, but it seems clear that the earlier BIOS is less tolerant of fans as they start to wear. The newer BIOS probes the fans several times. Hence the user who had to put in a new fan so he could stay booted long enough to flash the new BIOS and them the old fan was usable. Ugh. Jack