Re: fan control (thinkpad t42)

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I run Linux on my T42.  I've got the latest BIOS, firmware, etc
updates using IBMs update tool & when theres no load, the fan is
quiet.  Some of those workarounds on the wiki looked like good ways to
toast your laptop.

Wil

On 12/28/05, Frederik Eaton <frederik@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Wow, thanks. That has everything.
>
> Frederik
>
> On Thu, Dec 29, 2005 at 02:47:44AM +0100, Robert Zwerus wrote:
> > On Thursday 29 December 2005 01:36, Frederik Eaton wrote:
> > > Most of the noise it makes comes from the CPU fan. This is very quiet
> > > when the computer first turns on, or when it comes out of sleep, but
> > > usually after a few minutes it goes into a different mode. In the new
> > > mode the fan is loud, and worse, it "revs" every few seconds - so
> > > rather than making a constant noise, there is something of a rhythm to
> > > it which I find annoying.
> >
> > You should have a look at:
> > http://www.thinkwiki.org/wiki/Problem_with_fan_noise
> > --
> > A Dieu,
> >  Robert Zwerus - WWW: http://zwering.adsl.utwente.nl
> >  ICQ UIN: 3943443 - MSN: robert_zwerus@xxxxxxxxxxx
> >
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