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 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 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. > -- > > > ------------------------------------------------------ > José Manuel Pérez Fuente > Punto Neutro EuskoNIX - Red Académica I2BASK (UPV/EHU) > Parque Tecnológico de San Sebastián > Pº Mikeletegi, 69 - Torre Arbide Norte > 20009 Donostia - San Sebastián > Tel.: +34 943 018 703 > Fax.: +34 943 015 590 > E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://www.euskonix.org > ------------------------------------------------------- > > >
