processor fan runs forever {CLOSED}

Robin Laing Robin.Laing at drdc-rddc.gc.ca
Wed Mar 9 18:01:11 UTC 2005


jim lawrence wrote:
> On Wed, 09 Mar 2005 10:47:47 -0600, Jess Anderson <anderson at wisc.edu> wrote:
> 
>>Jim Lawrence:
>>
>>
>>>I need to somehow let my processor fan shut down for a few
>>>minutes at a time. []
>>
>>Just out of curiosity, why on earth would you need to do that?
>>I wouldn't want to risk a running CPU by stopping the fan.
>>
> 
> The processor fan was spinning very fast the noise it was making was
> driving me nuts.
> I did manage to solve the problem by changing a file here and there
> 
> /etc/cpuspeed.conf
> VMAJOR=1
> VMINOR=1
> DRIVER="speedstep-centrino"
> OPTS="-i 2 -t /proc/acpi/thermal_zone/THM/temperature 65 -a
> /proc/acpi/ac_adapter/AC/state -p 10 25"
> Also by turning on the cpuspeed process took care of this for me. :) 

Get a new quiter fan.  Not that expensive and will save that almighty 
bang if your processor overheats.

-- 
Robin Laing




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