On Fri, Dec 20, 2013 at 10:00:35AM -0500, ito wrote: > Hi, > > I posted a question to the freebsd forums (under mobile computing) in > which I was seeking help with a old laptop (hp pavilion ze2000) because > of fan noise. The problem is not really that the fan is too loud, > although that is part of it, it is that it cycles frequently (about > every 21 sec, at average use). I seems to me now that maybe here would > be more appropriate. > I am having trouble finding information about the acpi functions in > particular. So I thought maybe I could get help here. For instance, > according to the information below, is the passive cooling set to start > at 85.0C (Celsius) which would be 185 Fahrenheit? Is this very hot to > start to cool down passively? Why is active cooling set to -1? Where > do I find the definitions of these things... like the flags? >
If the Notebook is older, a first measure is to clean the heatsink and fan. After I did this the last time my Thinkpad is ~ 10 °C cooler than before.
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