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 > > > - > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-laptop" in > the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html > - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-laptop" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
