On Nov Fri 07 2003 17:33, Michel D�nzer wrote: > On Fri, 2003-11-07 at 07:01, J. Javier Maestro wrote: > > > > I would like to post a comment on the Powerbook fans, ventilation and > > heat. > > > > I am currently using pmud+pbbuttonsd, and I configured pmud to have > > six running levels for the processor, 3 for AC, 3 for battery namely: > > > > minimum: > > AC - 500-667 MHz > > BAT - 300-500 MHz > > medium: > > AC - 667-800 MHz > > BAT - 500-667 MHz > > maximum: > > AC - 800-1000 MHz > > BAT - 667-800 MHz > > BTW, AFAIK PowerBooks can only run at two different speeds, 1 Ghz and > 667 Mhz for the 1 Ghz models. Certainly looks that way here:
Mmmmm... certainly very interesting 8-) I just thought that the freq. scaling was a "real" scaling XDDD Nevertheless, it is cool. > The fan's running most of the time here as well, but it's not too loud, > and I prefer that to a fried machine. :) Yep, luckily, the fan is very quiet (for a laptop fan :) But nevertheless, I wonder why it is running most of the time :-? I think I will try MacOSX with some performance/usage monitor, and I will watch the cpufreq as well, to see when the fan kicks in/out and try to compare with Linux. But that will be after exams 8-) Me, I am about to die in a few weeks! :) Thanks for the answer, Michael. I will check on this sometime soon and perhaps, I will even come out with something! XXDD :) -- J. Javier Maestro <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://rigel.homelinux.com
