Re: Set up Fan speed Powerbook g4

[Bin Zhang <yangtze31@gmail.com>]

On 6/8/05, Colin Leroy <colin@colino.net> wrote:
> On Wed, 8 Jun 2005 17:13:41 +0200
> Federico 'Pain' Pistono <fppain@gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> > But can I set, for instance,
> > speed = 64 if temp < 55 °C
> > speed = 96 if temp >= 55 °C
> > ?????
> 
> No, the fan will speed up incrementally. It'll start at
> specified_fan_speed when the limit is reached and speed up to 255 when
> limit+7 is reached.
> 
> ie if specified_fan_size is 64:
> limit   => 64
> limit+n => 64 + n*((255-specified_fan_speed)/7)
> limit+1 => 64 + 27
> limit+2 => 64 + 54
> limit+7 => 255
> --
> Colin
> 
> 
Is it safe to use 55°C for a ibook ? Why the default is 50°C ?
It seems to me that under OS X, the fan starts if temp > 60°C.

Regards,
Bin