Re: Powerbook produces a lot more heat after kernel upgrade
This workes great for me!
I raised the limit to 55 and worked for hours (gnome, firefox, xpdf,
thunderbird) after it.
The fan never started with this setting, temp was always between 51 and 53.
Thanks a lot for the hint
On Thu, 2 Dec 2004 15:08:27 +0100, José Manuel Pérez <scxpefuj@sc.ehu.es> wrote:
> El Jueves, 2 de Diciembre de 2004 13:59, Colin Leroy escribió:
>
>
> > On 02 Dec 2004 at 13h12, José Manuel Pérez wrote:
> >
> > Hi,
> >
> > > I'm having same problem with my iBook G4. Now with kernel 2.6.9 fan is
> > > almost always running. I've looked at cpu heat and is over 50, normal
> > > 53-54 degrees. I'd like to know if it's posible to set cpu limit to 55
> > > in order to fan stops.
> >
> > Yes, just
> > echo 5 > /sys/devices/temperatures/limit_adjust
>
> Thanks, I'll try it.
>
> >
> > (limit is 50 + limit_adjust). Verify the setting with
> > cat /sys/devices/temperatures/cpu_limit
> > which should be 55 after that.
>
> Ok.
>
> >
> > > With OSX fan runs almost never doing same things
> > > (mail, browser, editor, etc) as in Linux. I don't know if setting cpu
> > > limit to a higher value would be a problem, I don't like to fry my
> > > iBook.
> >
> > Just don't go to high (> 60 may be risky).
>
> Don't mind, I don't want to fry my laptop.
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