on 29/10/04 04:43, Nils at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Good morning, > > Does anyone know how to control the fan in the Wallstreet? > > An application for either OS X or OS 9. And by 'control' I mean a program > that can either turn the fan on or off. Or check and change the thermal > thresholds where the fan does turn on or off. I believe because the fan > is not turning on and circulating cooler air, it is causing the laptop > to overheat. > > I'm getting tired of using the laptop on the couch and having it get > really hot and completely freeze. The solution to this has been to > disconnect the power, let it cool down for a few minutes, then power > it back on. > > Also, what program can be used to report the CPU temperature? > > -nils
I never heard about any program that would let you control the fan in any Macintosh. That's probably part of some private API if such control exists. In any case, if you think the fan doesn't start up when it should, then the problem might be hardware. Getting an application to report on the temperature might report a wrong temperature which could be the reason why the fan doesn't start. Have you ever heard the fan running? I think that when you do a reset of the PMU on a Wallstreet, one way to know that the reset was successful is that the fan is supposed to run for a few seconds after the reset. You said you're using on a couch. Does the Wallstreet has enough space underneath to let the air flows around it? In the user guide that came with my PowerBook 17", Apple recommends always using the laptop on a flat surface to let air circulates around it. -Laurent. -- ============================================================================ Laurent Daudelin AIM/iChat: LaurentDaudelin <http://nemesys.dyndns.org> Logiciels Nemesys Software mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] cargo cult programming n.: A style of (incompetent) programming dominated by ritual inclusion of code or program structures that serve no real purpose. A cargo cult programmer will usually explain the extra code as a way of working around some bug encountered in the past, but usually neither the bug nor the reason the code apparently avoided the bug was ever fully understood (compare shotgun debugging, voodoo programming). -- G-Books is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> G-Books list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/> --------------------------------------------------------------- >The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---------------------------------------------------------------
