[ltp] IBM thinkpad 600 - CPU fan

[Martin Fluch]

On Sat, 16 Oct 1999, William Wong wrote:

> I wonder whether the CPU fan is self regulated by the BIOS of TP600
> itself.
> 
> I noticed that the fan is turned on for a short period during system boot
> up.  Afterwards, seems that I never notice the ventilation fan turning on
> again.
> 
> I am running  slackware 3.9 on it.
> 
> Thanks in advance for any idea.

I have the same 'problem' with my TP 770 ... nearly neve the fan is
turning on, except if I use it for some time on my bed ... I guess, this
is an advantage of an real Pentium/Pentium 2 *mobile*, which uses much
less power than an normal Pentium/Pentium 2 used by the lower class
notebooks ... :-)

Martin

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