[ltp] Cooling fan always running

[Svein Larsen]

The new x.org...
Do you have to compile it? I guess so since its a beta.
But did you get it working without too much problems?

- Svein

On Tue, 2004-08-24 at 12:30, Florian Knob
loch wrote:
> hello!
> 
> the radeon driver of the upcoming x.org release adresses this issue.
> when using the beta version, like i do with dynamicclocks enabled, the 
> fan has reduced usage, which means, that it is most of the time switched 
> off especially if the laptop is idle.
> it is far better than without the powerplay stuff but not optimal (yet).
> 
> greets, flo
> 
> Konstantin wrote:
> > hi,
> > 
> > your radeon has also power management features.
> > But without support it runs on high power as the CPU would also do without
> > speedstep.
> > The drivers: ati, radeon don't support this power modes, so the graphic card
> > is always at high load. That's the problem. Because of the high load
> > the card is always very hot, so  it must be cooled. But the cooling system
> > is not setup to do this without  fan running, if the card is on high load.
> > 
> > That's the problem :(
> > 
> > Most people on this list have Radeon 9000 or higher, so they can use
> > the fglrx driver, but we can't.
> > 
> > Any help would be great, I don't know how to fix this :(
> > 
> > Greetz
> > 
> > 
> > Konstantin
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > On Tue, 24 Aug 2004 11:06:42 +0200
> > Svein Larsen <svein@edbc.no> wrote:
> > 
> > 
> >>I switched to the native driver but the fan is still running all the
> >>time. Maybe i have to switch to a lighter desktop system (i really dont
> >>want to cause i love kde :)
> >>Does KDE take lots og resources?
> >>
> >>Top shows me that there is actually no or only one process running all
> >>the time. I cant understand why the fan should run - even when the air
> >>coming out is not hot at all.
> >>
> >>- Svein
> >>
> >>On Tue, 2004-08-24 at 10:46, Konstantin wrote:
> >>
> >>>hi,
> >>>
> >>>i've tried to setup them on my T40 with Radeon 7500, but I've got a lot of warnings.
> >>>Dri wouldn't work, so no hardware acceleration for kobodeluxe and other :(
> >>>
> >>>After some wasting of time I've gave up and changed to the old radeon driver from Xfree.
> >>>
> >>>Would change to X.org, if debian would spend me some packages, so I can use it.
> >>>
> >>>I don't need high frames at all, but only to stop the fan running!
> >>>
> >>>Who can help me???
> >>>
> >>>Greetz
> >>>
> >>>Konstantin
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>On Tue, 24 Aug 2004 10:10:44 +0200
> >>>Didrik Pinte <pinted@tiscali.be> wrote:
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>>Le lun 23/08/2004 à 18:37, Markus Nospers a écrit :
> >>>>
> >>>>>But these drivers aren't suitable for T40 (Radeon 7500) am i right?
> >>>>>Does anyone has tried to make them work with the 7500?
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>I think you're right. ;-)
> >>>>
> >>>>Didrik
> >>>>-- 
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> >>>
> >>>
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> >>>
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> >>
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> > 
> > 
> > -----------------
> > 
> > Building an operating system without source code is like buying
> > a self-assembly Space Shuttle with no instructions.
> 
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