Ian K wrote: >Heres the bad news.. I turned my laptop on today, and the fans didn't >come on like >they did before, and within five minutes and 1 compile, the laptop was off. > > >
Ok, so you defintely have some kind of problem with your fans. Did you follow the cleaning instructions that others provided? Maybe they are just too gummed up to spin up reliably? Also, does anyone else here have the same model laptop that can confirm that the ACPI stuff looks right?? I mean, not even a thermal sensor?? That seems weird! Some of the other things that I have read or can think of that might effect the fans would be: 1. In dual boot system with Windows, warm or cold restarts from Windows to Linux can affect whether the fans spin up. 2. Firmware (BIOS) updates. (See Sager 9880 and 9860 and "stuck fans"!!) 3. Whether you are running on AC or battery. >I get: > >CONFIG_ACPI=y > > Looks sane to me.... >Jul 12 16:45:03 Avalon ACPI: AC Adapter [ACAD] (off-line) >Jul 12 16:45:03 Avalon ACPI: Battery Slot [BAT1] (battery present) > > Do you get better results if you start with the AC power connected? What if you do a truly cold restart? (remove the battery, unplug then connect the AC, and then power up). -Richard -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
