On Thu, May 01, 2003 at 07:35:25AM -0700, Michael K O'Brien wrote: > Hola~ > > I had Dell service my Inspiron 8000. Of course, the upgraded the bios. Now, > when I open the laptop from a suspend, the system fan starts up and never > quits until I shutdown the machine. > > The kicker is that the system fan problem only occurs with Debian, not with > Windows. I've got Debian, unstable with kernel 2.4.20. > > Anyone else have this problem? > > MO > > -- > Michael O'Brien Tools > Pixar [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Yossarian lives. > > This also happens on my Dell Inspiron I4100 after a suspend. I learned an easy trick to make the system reread its monitors. After you bring the laptop back, try using the Fn Z key combination. This should make the system reread its monitors and the fans will shut off. At least that's the way it works on my Inspiron. I also have updated the bios to the latest version available from Dell.
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