[ltp] T40, the fan never stops when I use 802.11 a/b/g wireless adapter

Brad Langhorst linux-thinkpad@linux-thinkpad.org
Sun, 25 Apr 2004 11:49:18 -0400


On Sat, 2004-04-24 at 23:51, jbk wrote:

> However, this only happens when I turn on wireless
> function. If I turn off the Mini PCI adapter wireless
> function and use ethernet cable for internet, the fan
> is working fine (i.e., sometimes turns on and a couple
> of minutes later it turns off). So I thought it is 
> a defective wireless card problem and changed the
> card. During a couple of days after changing the
> wirless card, the fan was working fine. 
> But the fan problem occured again. 
are you sure the wireless card stuff is not a red herring?
i guess it could create more heat near the temperature sensor...
but my fan has been fine ever since i started using powernowd to scale
the cpu speed even when plugged in.

fan seems to work as expected for me now...

brad