Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 20 Jan 2004 22:17:55 +0200 | From | Tommi Virtanen <> | Subject | Re: Noise with 2.6.0 in a Dell Laptop ( Latitude c600 ) |
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Bart Samwel wrote: >>>When the 2.6.0 inits in my laptop it becomes reaaallyyy noisy. >>>Why ? >>If it's the fans, it's the BIOS reading CPU temperature of 85 C, >>which is not true. It seems a Fn-Z press resets this reading to >>sane values. You can look at the temperature reading and fan >>state with i8kutils. >> >>Atleast that's what a Dell Latitude C640 that I had did. > Might it be that the hardware reports 85 F instead of 85 C maybe? That's about > (85-32)*0.55 = about 29 C, which may be more realistic when you're just > booting it up. :)
Only if it switches between C and F at runtime. Normal readings when loaded were 55-65, IIRC. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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