Le mercredi 25 Août 2004 17:50, Christoph Bier a écrit : > Hello! Hello
> At the end of last week I brought my Laptop to my hardware dealer, > because it smelt burnt suddenly at the beginning of last week---but > without observing any impairment of functionality. My hardware > dealer couldn't find anything, but said, that my fan activates too > late. He observed activation not until 69°C; sometimes it starts up > at 63°C or 65°C with me, but I wouldn't contradict completely, > because his statement corresponds to the following output: > My questions: > ------------- > - are the default trip_points really too high? I have an ASUS L2400D with an Athlon 1600+ and my processor was always running at 80°C, sometimes, the temperature rose to 90°C. And my laptop is always in good health. [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ cat /proc/acpi/thermal_zone/THRM/trip_points critical (S5): 109 C passive: 90 C: tc1=1 tc2=4 tsp=300 devices=0xcefe99c0 active[0]: 70 C: devices=0xcef29620 > - how can I manipulate the trip_points lasting and effective? I never succeed. > - is there a comprehensive description of ACPI in kernel 2.6 and > information how to the user can use resp. manage these features > (e.g. I still don't know, whether I need some tool to use PowerNow! > or whether the kernel controls it itself)? I installed athcool (apt-get install athcool) and now it runs at 65°C. Moreover, I installed cpufreqd and the temperature falls to 50-55°C ! > Thanks for reading this long posting! > > Best regards, > Christoph Nicolas.