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Re: CPU burns 3



On Thu, Aug 11, 2005 at 11:17:40AM +0200, moi 1392 wrote:
> I had a similar problem on my notebook, because on notebooks, cpu fan
> not always running to save some energy.

CPU fan do not consume enough power compared to other devices (as
backlight, HDD, etc) so there is no real point to stop it other
than it generate noises.

> And because I use ACPI but I
> forgot to load "fan" module at start, when the cpu was too hot, a
> security shutdown the notebook.
> 
> If you use ACPI and fan is not loaded, try to add "fan" and "thermal"
> in /etc/modules


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Bruno Ducrot

--  Which is worse:  ignorance or apathy?
--  Don't know.  Don't care.



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