From: Tommi Virtanen <tv@tv.debian.net>
To: Bart Samwel <bart@samwel.tk>
Cc: Lorenzo Hernandez Garcia-Hierro <lorenzohgh@nsrg-security.com>,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Noise with 2.6.0 in a Dell Laptop ( Latitude c600 )
Date: Tue, 20 Jan 2004 22:17:55 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <400D8CF3.6080504@tv.debian.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <200401201336.54113.bart@samwel.tk>
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.
prev parent reply other threads:[~2004-01-20 20:17 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2004-01-07 15:13 Noise with 2.6.0 in a Dell Laptop ( Latitude c600 ) Lorenzo Hernandez Garcia-Hierro
2004-01-13 3:48 ` Neil Brown
2004-01-13 13:58 ` Tommi Virtanen
2004-01-20 12:36 ` Bart Samwel
2004-01-20 20:17 ` Tommi Virtanen [this message]
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