[ltp] [ACPI] fan always on: ACPI on IBM ThinkPad R51

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Am Montag, 6. September 2004 12:40 schrieb susinho@ultreia.org:
> IBM technicall service says R51 are based in R50/p, wich has this problem
> also:
>
> http://www-307.ibm.com/pc/support/site.wss/MIGR-56504.html
>
> so the "problem" becames now in a "feature". Incredible. IBM acronym
> meaning is dangerously turning in Incredible BOFH Makers... Can't
> believe it.
>

Hi All,

Thanks Sushino for this link! I myself (owner of an R50) have been following 
the fan-discussion for some time now, am very very deeply disappointed by 
this policy of IBM. I must say, saying those models "work as desgined" while 
blowing out cold air really is the last straw that breaks the camel's back!
Obviously it's a design problem which cannot be fixed unless exchanging a 
number of parts on the affected models which would be very expensive for IBM. 
Nevertheless this policy might become very expensive for them as well.
BTW: It really surprised me that the R51 also has this problem although the 
problem was well known to IBM when they released it - again: very poor 
policy. 
Let's continue to work on that WIKI (see: "R40 - mainboard 
replacement"-Thread) the publicity might not help us anymore but might secure 
consumers' information and hence improve IBM's quality rules.

Greetings
Nils