2.6 kernel fan control

Ken Moffat kmoffat
Sun Jan 9 13:41:11 PST 2005


Net Llama! wrote:

> On 01/09/2005 09:44 AM, Ken Moffat wrote:
>
>> I have a compaq presario destop. The fan is turned off on all 
>> installs using newer (2.6) kernels. When I reboot the fan comes on 
>> until the kernel starts up, then it shuts down. I assumed this was a 
>> good thing, and the fan would come on if temp went up. It certainly 
>> quiets the room, and seems to do no harm so far.
>>
>> Anyone else have fans shutting down? (or am I living in a cave again?)
>>
>
> ACPI is doing this, guarenteed.
>

OK. As long as I'm not silently burning up my cpu, I'm quite happy with 
the quiet.



-- 
ken




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