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Date:      Sat, 21 Dec 2013 20:11:29 +0100
From:      Lars Engels <lars.engels@0x20.net>
To:        ito <egunther@warwick.net>
Cc:        freebsd-acpi@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: loud fan pavilion ze2000
Message-ID:  <20131221191128.GJ78001@e-new.0x20.net>
In-Reply-To: <1387551635.2533.21.camel@res-cmts>
References:  <1387551635.2533.21.camel@res-cmts>

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On Fri, Dec 20, 2013 at 10:00:35AM -0500, ito wrote:
> Hi,
>=20
> I posted a question to the freebsd forums (under mobile computing) in
> which I was seeking help with a old laptop (hp pavilion ze2000) because
> of fan noise.  The problem is not really that the fan is too loud,
> although that is part of it, it is that it cycles frequently (about
> every 21 sec, at average use).  I seems to me now that maybe here would
> be more appropriate.
> I am having trouble finding information about the acpi functions in
> particular.  So I thought maybe I could get help here.  For instance,
> according to the information below, is the passive cooling set to start
> at 85.0C (Celsius) which would be 185 Fahrenheit?  Is this very hot to
> start to cool down passively?  Why is active cooling set to -1?  Where
> do I find the definitions of these things... like the flags?
>=20

If the Notebook is older, a first measure is to clean the heatsink and
fan.
After I did this the last time my Thinkpad is ~ 10 =C2=B0C cooler than
before.

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