hello all,
i've a Dell Precision M70 laptop, and os2009.06, b111
It works perfectly so far, but since some weeks, the fans are running
constantly after 1-2 hours, and the machine is hot, even if i'm using
only terminals.
Looking at powertop, it seems to me that the cpu is running only 20% of
the time, so i don't understand why the fans are running?
OpenSolaris PowerTOP version 1.1
Cn Avg residency P-states (frequencies)
C0 (cpu running) (19.7%) 1729 Mhz 100.0%
C1 3.8ms (80.3%)
Wakeups-from-idle per second: 213.6 interval: 5.0s
no ACPI power usage estimate available
Top causes for wakeups:
140.2% (299.4) <kernel> : genunix`cv_wakeup
46.8% (100.0) <kernel> : genunix`clock
7.5% ( 16.0) <kernel> :
uhci`uhci_handle_root_hub_status_change
6.5% ( 14.0) <interrupt> : i8042#0
5.0% ( 10.8) <interrupt> : iwi#0
4.7% ( 10.0) <kernel> : genunix`delay_wakeup
4.7% ( 10.0) <kernel> : ata`ghd_timeout
1.9% ( 4.0) <kernel> : genunix`schedpaging
1.9% ( 4.0) <kernel> : uhci`uhci_cmd_timeout_hdlr
1.9% ( 4.0) <kernel> :
ehci`ehci_handle_root_hub_status_change
Is there a parameter i can adjust?
Is it possible to get the value of cpu's temperature?
smbios gives the values:
ID SIZE TYPE
6912 12 SMB_TYPE_COOLDEV (cooling device)
offset: 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 a b c d e f 0123456789abcdef
0: 1b0c001b ffff6300 00dd0000 ......c.....
ID SIZE TYPE
7168 44 SMB_TYPE_TPROBE (temperature probe)
offset: 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 a b c d e f 0123456789abcdef
0: 1c14001c 0163f604 0000e803 05000080 .....c..........
0x10: 00dc0000 43505520 496e7465 726e616c ....CPU.Internal
0x20: 2054656d 70657261 74757265 .Temperature
The proc is:
Manufacturer: Intel
Location Tag: Microprocessor
Family: 185 (Pentium M)
CPUID: 0xafe9fbff000006d8
Type: 3 (central processor)
Socket Upgrade: 6 (none)
Socket Status: Populated
Processor Status: 1 (enabled)
Supported Voltages: 3.3V
External Clock Speed: Unknown
Maximum Speed: 1800MHz
Current Speed: 1733MHz
the laptop has an nvidia chipset (NV41 [Quadro FX Go1400]), and i've
read on the web that it is possible to use Coolbits option in xorg.conf.
Is it normal that this option isn't presented when i use "nvidia
settings" menu?
thanks in advance for help,
gerard
