processor fan runs forever {CLOSED}

[Terry Polzin]

On Wednesday 09 March 2005 14:53, Alexander Dalloz wrote:
> Am Mi, den 09.03.2005 schrieb Christopher J. Bottaro um 20:27:
> > >> /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.
> >
> > Whoa, no kidding.  Running a modern day processor without a fan (even for
> > a few minutes) is asking for trouble, IMO.  A fan that is relatively
> > soundless (i.e. very quiet) is like $10.  You can even get one with
> > glowing neon lights for $11...=P
>
> Hm, I am sure Jim has a notebook and no desktop PC system. And with
> notebooks it is not that unusual that the fan is not constantly running,
> at least not all the time at highest speed. Like the CPU speed is
> adjustable.
>
> Alexander
OK if I wanted to run this on my laptop what driver would I use given the 
following /proc/cpuinfo:processor       : 0
vendor_id       : GenuineIntel
cpu family      : 15
model           : 2
model name      : Mobile Intel(R) Celeron(R) CPU 2.20GHz
stepping        : 9
cpu MHz         : 2191.761
cache size      : 256 KB
fdiv_bug        : no
hlt_bug         : no
f00f_bug        : no
coma_bug        : no
fpu             : yes
fpu_exception   : yes
cpuid level     : 2
wp              : yes
flags           : fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic mtrr pge mca cmov 
pat pse36 clflush dts acpi mmx fxsrsse sse2 ss ht tm pbe cid xtpr
bogomips        : 4341.76


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