Hello Lars, I have previously noticed a dramatic difference myself on other machines but I think that I remember on this machine it didn't help nearly as much as I would have hoped.
Probably try it anyhow. Thanks, eg On Sat, 2013-12-21 at 20:11 +0100, Lars Engels wrote: > On Fri, Dec 20, 2013 at 10:00:35AM -0500, ito wrote: > > Hi, > > > > I posted a question to the freebsd forums (under mobile computing) in > > which I was seeking help with a old laptop (hp pavilion ze2000) because > > of fan noise. The problem is not really that the fan is too loud, > > although that is part of it, it is that it cycles frequently (about > > every 21 sec, at average use). I seems to me now that maybe here would > > be more appropriate. > > I am having trouble finding information about the acpi functions in > > particular. So I thought maybe I could get help here. For instance, > > according to the information below, is the passive cooling set to start > > at 85.0C (Celsius) which would be 185 Fahrenheit? Is this very hot to > > start to cool down passively? Why is active cooling set to -1? Where > > do I find the definitions of these things... like the flags? > > > > If the Notebook is older, a first measure is to clean the heatsink and > fan. > After I did this the last time my Thinkpad is ~ 10 °C cooler than > before. _______________________________________________ [email protected] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-acpi To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[email protected]"
