I wonder if there is a pre-failure detection for fans. Or if there is way to auto shut down the laptop if a fan failure is in progress. This would be especially useful in a laptop with a AMD laptop. AMD based systems will fail almost instantaneously without a fan running --- Lan Barnes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > On Sat, March 31, 2007 4:22 pm, Lan Barnes wrote: > > > > On Sat, March 31, 2007 3:07 pm, Gus Wirth wrote: > >> > >> > >> $ cat /proc/acpi/thermal_zone/THRM/temperature > >> > > > > Temp up to 68 C and no fan. Boo hoo > > > > Check that, sports 'fans' -- I can't _see_ the fan, > but I can sure hear it. > > I guess 68 (which is where it's holding) is OK. > Blowing it out may have > done the trick. > > -- > Lan Barnes > > SCM Analyst Linux Guy > Tcl/Tk Enthusiast Biodiesel Brewer > > > -- > [email protected] > http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-list > -- [email protected] http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-list
