overheated laptop

[sly]

see, i did not have this temperature issues before on fc2 about 6 month 
ago. nor under win xp. the fan used to kick in at high speed, cool down 
and fan speed used to slow down to min.

sly
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Satish Balay wrote:
> On Mon, 29 Nov 2004, sly wrote:
> 
> 
>>ok! cpu freq varies upon usage, whitch is fine. but the temp will not drop
>>below 70C. once it reaches 58C the fan kicks in at medium speed and  stays
>>like that. i'm trying to find a way to make run at a higher speed till it
>>cools off.
> 
> 
> There is always a tradeoff with 'cpu temperature' - and the 'fan
> speed'
> 
> i.e when the CPU is running at lower freq - one can slow down the fan
> and keep the same tempurature - or one can keep the fan running faster
> - causing the CPU to get cooler.
> 
> My guess is this part of the logic is done in the bios. Don't know if
> it is configurable.
> 
> Satish
>