Date: Fri, 15 Sep 2006 23:05:36 -0500 From: David J Brooks <daeg@houston.rr.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: The fan is always on, even when the desktop is rather cool Message-ID: <200609152305.37375.daeg@houston.rr.com> In-Reply-To: <b845e4900609151610y7bced70rab649faccb766f7f@mail.gmail.com> References: <b845e4900609151610y7bced70rab649faccb766f7f@mail.gmail.com>
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On Friday 15 September 2006 18:10, Wei Hu wrote: > I have 3 systems in my desktop: > 1) When FreeBSD runs, my desktop fans are always running, and this > make annoy noisy. > 2) However when Debian runs, the fan eventually stops unless I am > performing a load intensive task. > 3) In Windows, the fan is almost always off. > I tried to use acpi and apm, but they are for laptop.(?) > In Freebsd, how can I control the cooling fans or how can the system > turns the fans off when the load is not heavy. > Any help would be greatly appreciated. It sounds like a broken ACPI code to me. Check the handbook chapter on debugging ACPI: http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/acpi-debug.html David -- Sure the Almighty created the world in only six days, but He didn't have an established user-base.
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