[ltp] Re: fan problem on R51

[Thomas Breitner]

> Hi all,
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> after a few days of testing here is the status (R51):
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> - I guess 'Dynamic Clocks' is working with my XFree and the radeon driver=
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> since I get the following message in my XFree86.0.log:
which version of XFree do you use?
I have debian sarge's 4.3.0.dfsg.1-8 running, with fglrx 3.14.1.

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> (II) RADEON(0): Dynamic Power Management Enabled
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> - I use the KLaptop Performance Profile 'powersave', which results in a
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> # cat /proc/cpuinfo | grep MHz
> model name      : Intel(R) Pentium(R) M processor 1500MHz
> cpu MHz         : 598.194
same here, cpufreqd manage the clock-rate of my cpu, and while on
battery it's "hard-wired" to 600 mhz.

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> - my 'acpi active state' (whatever this is good for) is
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> # cat /proc/acpi/processor/CPU/power | grep active
> active state:            C2
same here, but also doesn't know what's meant by these different
C-states.
hm, here it's very human-readable explained:
http://acpi.sourceforge.net/documentation/processor.html

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> - my CPU temperature is 32=C2=B0C
mine ist - at the moment (2h online, constantly 10% cpu) - at 48=C2=B0C. bu=
t
it *seems* the fan is off.=20

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> So why is my fan still running all the time? Is there any more I could do=
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perhaps a newer bios-version? ibm deliveres some kind of minimal
changelog with the bios-revisions (check online here:
http://www.tpdrivers.com)

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> Thanks for your help,
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> - Moritz
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