[ltp] Fan always on problem... does it happen on R52 with the Intel Media Gr

Paul RIVIER linux-thinkpad@linux-thinkpad.org
Sun, 14 Aug 2005 17:15:55 +0200


> It'd be really nice to throw battery temperature in there too,
> because that's critical to LiIon lifetime - but as I said before,
> I understand if it'll get complicated.
>
Ok for battery, but are you sure that fan cools battery ?
Anyway, I can add battery support.

> This guide may help in determining battery temperature limits:
>
> http://www.batteryuniversity.com/parttwo-34.htm
>
> (first table) - this makes me quite nervous about allowing my battery
> to get above the upper parts of the 30-40C range, and it's currently
> 34C (how about others'?). I guess it heats and cools by conduction
> from the CPU etc., so will be slower to heat and cool.

I really can not figure how air flow could cool down battery, but 
actualy a dont know.

>
> Could you leave in the commented lines at the top of the init script
> I added?  They're really useful in Fedora/Red Hat - they allow
> chkconfig and other utils that enable runlevels to work.
>
Of course, and I will keep the 'trap' too :)

> Honey