On Thu, May 19, 2011 at 3:17 AM, Michael <ber...@opensuse.us> wrote: > On Wed, May 18, 2011 at 3:14 PM, Michael <ber...@opensuse.us> wrote: > >> >> >> On Wed, May 18, 2011 at 2:29 PM, roberth <rob...@openbsd.pap.st> wrote: >> >>> On Wed, 18 May 2011 14:05:44 -0800 >>> Michael <ber...@opensuse.us> wrote: >>> >>> > Installed 4.9 and fan starts blowing on startup. >>> >>> Most systems are at full speed on boot. >>> >> >> Sorry, didn't write that correctly. Meant that the fan starts blowing on >> high, and stays that way the whole time OpenBSD is booted. >> The kate temp never drops, so fan stays on. >> >>> >>> > # sysctl hw.setperf=30 >>> > Is that all I can do? >>> >>> Uhm, just run ampd -C ? >>> # grep apmd /etc/rc.conf.local >>> apmd_flags="-C" >>> >>> > Curious why kate (in dmesg) has: >>> > kate0 at pci0 dev 24 function 3 "AMD AMD64 0Fh Misc Cfg" rev 0x00 >>> >>> What is strange about that? >>> >> Just wondered about the "AMD64". Guess it is there for 64 bit machines. >> Mine is 32. >> >> >> Thanks for the ampd -C setting. I'll try that as soon as I reboot. >> > > I added apmd_flags="-C" to /etc/rc.conf.local, rebooted and it didn't appear > to change anything. After being logged in console for about 1/2 hr, acpitz > and kate temps dropped 1 degC. Fan kept blowing (I assume on high) the whole > time.
OT - why did you google for hw.setperf???? man apm is not enough? anyway check with apm if CPU really lower your frequency and with systat sensors what other data are available . And do you have latest BIOS? > > If nothing else, I guess I'll just have to wait for my belongings to be > shipped and I'll have my pc/OpenBSD running :) > > Thank-you!
