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Re: The fan of the laptop never stops with amd64



On Mon, 2005-08-29 at 18:44 -0400, Pascal Giard wrote:
> Are you using powernowd?
> powernowd allows dynamic cpu frequency and core voltage scaling.
> 
> For instance, my 1800MHz (1.5V) runs at 1001MHz (1.1V) most of the time.
> Of course, the side effect is lower power (heat) dissipation so the
> fan(s) can slow down.
> 
> -Pascal
> 

Alternatively, he could just use the cpufreq-ondemand if his kernel is
high enough.  I find it works well enough for my needs, so I don't even
use a userspace tool such as powernowd to control it.



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