Re: fans in Powerbooks (was: Re: iBook2 install)
On Fri, 1 Jun 2001, Derek Homeier wrote:
> I've recently heard the fan kick in for the first time ever on my Lombard
> after I had left it in broad sunlight for about 1/2-1 hr.
> It's actually rather loud ;-).
> To be honest, I'm not sure if it was running MacOS X or Linux at that time,
> but I'd just remark that it is probably not unusual at all for the fan to
> never start up on a PB (though it should do so somewhat more often on
> Pismos and especially TiBooks, from what I've heard, but those may all
> have been reports from Arizona or California :o).
> I'm also rather sure I have read on this list that it's not sw-operated,
> but I can't give any technical documentation on that.
The fan almost never somes on on my TiBook, under any OS. Actually I
don't think it has ever come on under MacOS. Under Linux, it once came on
when I did long compilation, and the book was sitting on a pillow. Dang
that fan is loud.
-jwb
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