Re: override laptop fan speed with acpi

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Kevin wrote:

Thanks for your reply Malke

There is no proprietary power management software.

I'm not sure why you think it is overheating; it is perfectly normal
for the cpu fan to kick in on laptops when they are put under load.

I will email Targa though, and see if they have anything that does
what I am after.
Kevin

I think your laptop may be overheating because you said this in your
first post:

"The fan comes on full power every few minutes or so"

You also said "depending on what I'm doing" but didn't say exactly what
that was. Obviously if you are trying to do some incredibly heavy
number-crunching with something like Mathematica, that would make
sense. Or if you were trying to play a game on a laptop that isn't
suitable for gaming...

Otherwise, for normal use a laptop's fan shouldn't be coming on "every
few minutes or so". Since overheating is a common problem with laptops,
that is why I suggested this might be happening to yours. Naturally
since I cannot see your laptop or know what you are doing, this is just
a suggestion.

Malke
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