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Date:      Thu, 29 Nov 2001 06:51:32 -0800
From:      Gabriel Rocha <grocha@neutraldomain.org>
To:        freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: CPU fan control on laptops ?
Message-ID:  <20011129065132.D70269@neutraldomain.org>
In-Reply-To: <F1984fDGCl9FopYC98B0002951a@hotmail.com>; from freebsdfan@hotmail.com on Thu, Nov 29, 2001 at 06:48:01AM -0800
References:  <F1984fDGCl9FopYC98B0002951a@hotmail.com>

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		On Thu, Nov 29, at 06:48AM, Chuck T. wrote:
| I recently installed FreeBSD 4.4 on my Toshiba 440CDT laptop. The keyboard 
| cover becomes quite warm after running for a few minutes. Under WinDoze the 
| CPU fan speed varies depending on the CPU temperature.  Apparently this is a 
| software function, as I don't think the fan is coming on under FreeBSD.  Is 
| there something I need to configure to get the fan to come on ?  I've 
| searched the handbook and mailing lists, but I didn't find any mention of 
| this issue.

It probably doesn't help you any, but at least on my laptops (T20
and 600X) the fan comes on when the laptop gets a little warm. Just
starts going until the temp is acceptable again...--Gabe

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