Re: wallstreet g3 power issues. Fan always on
On Thu, 2003-07-10 at 11:36, James McQuoid wrote:
> Hi all,
> I'm still playing with this g3 I saved from the trash
> heap. Got woody going on it nicely. I know for sure I
> am going to need a pram battery, as I keep losing the
> clock, etc when it's powered down for too long (I
> don't have a regular battery, just ac for now). I'm
> wondering why the fan is always on all the time. It
> goes down fine when I close the lid, courtesy of pmud.
> But otherwise it's always on. Is this proper behavior?
> I heard these things rarely use the fan. Any
> suggestions? thanks!
AFAIK, Fan is HW controlled in this machine. I suppose there
must be some i2c way to configure the thermostat, but in this
case, it's done at boot time by the firmware. Also, I don't
know how to deal with all i2c busses on those old models
Ben.
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