> I've seen at least 1 laptop that was junked because the fan failed and
> it
> was uneconomic to replace it.
>
>
> paulm
>
Actually, the noise made me attach a resistor to the wire to slow
the fan down, but it wasn't in warranty.
Why was it uneconomic, was the fan a rediculous price and of
On 25/05/2010, at 10:48 PM, Kevin Chadwick wrote:
unlikely.
your systems should regulate the fan on its own when needed,
even without an acpi enabled os.
if it is doin that, don't worry.
Usually if anything the fan will just run at full speed, which may be a
little noisy but may also make your
> >> unlikely.
> >> your systems should regulate the fan on its own when needed,
> >> even without an acpi enabled os.
> >> if it is doin that, don't worry.
>
Usually if anything the fan will just run at full speed, which may be a
little noisy but may also make your cpu slightly quicker and lapt
On Tue, May 25, 2010 at 3:18 PM, STeve Andre' wrote:
> On Tuesday 25 May 2010 15:09:17 Robert wrote:
>> On Tue, 25 May 2010 13:50:57 -0400
>>
>> Michael Seney wrote:
>> > Getting back to the original question. Will this "really" ruin my
>> > laptop over time if I continue to run OpenBSD on it wit
On Tuesday 25 May 2010 15:09:17 Robert wrote:
> On Tue, 25 May 2010 13:50:57 -0400
>
> Michael Seney wrote:
> > Getting back to the original question. Will this "really" ruin my
> > laptop over time if I continue to run OpenBSD on it with ACPI
> > disabled?
>
> unlikely.
> your systems should regu
On Tue, 25 May 2010 13:50:57 -0400
Michael Seney wrote:
> Getting back to the original question. Will this "really" ruin my
> laptop over time if I continue to run OpenBSD on it with ACPI
> disabled?
>
unlikely.
your systems should regulate the fan on its own when needed,
even without an acpi e
Getting back to the original question. Will this "really" ruin my
laptop over time if I continue to run OpenBSD on it with ACPI
disabled?
On Mon, May 24, 2010 at 11:29:51AM -0400, Michael Seney wrote:
> I have to disable ACPI in order to boot OpenBSD 4.7 on this laptop. I
> don't really mind but can this harm the hardware?
>
Why do you have to disable it? What's the panic/problem etc.
dmesg, acpidump...
On May 24 11:29:51, Michael Seney wrote:
> I have to disable ACPI in order to boot OpenBSD 4.7 on this laptop. I
> don't really mind but can this harm the hardware?
Of course; things burn. Nice laptop you got there ...
I can take it under my protection for $1000 a week.
I have to disable ACPI in order to boot OpenBSD 4.7 on this laptop. I
don't really mind but can this harm the hardware?
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