On 4/30/07, Paolo <oopla@users.sf.net> wrote:
unfortunatly, when a notebook comes with an OS preinstalled, it's a bad idea to remove it altogether, at least before 1st checking everything works as expected.
Yes, unfortunately you may be right :( But I cannot stand W...zzzz anymore. However the problem is somewhat tricky. I try to summarise it: - CPU and disk temperature is generaly high (45-50 degrees) and it increses up to 60-62 degrees when under heavy load (e.g. kernel compilation) - this makes fan to work "almost" always, however: - it stops sometimes - it changes its speed according to CPU activity (I can tell you from noise) - /proc/acpi/fan/ is an empty directory My conclusions: - temperaure and fan speed are connected (directly bi BIOS or by linux ACPI management? how to check it out? - high temperature are unlikely related to reduced fan functionality (-> design issue? Core 2 Duo is too demanding?) augh