well personally i dont know what to do about it. i tried contacting Dell got no answer about it... but i feel this constant temperature changing cannot be good for the CPU and the GPU
On Mon, May 11, 2009 at 2:32 PM, oaul <[email protected]> wrote: > The I8kfan website says clearly that some laptops are not supported. > Guess I'm just S.O.L. > > But the laptop's fans actually start kicking in like 10 seconds after > CPU gets to 60C, which brings it to low 40's. So it's really not that > bad. Had I knew that the temperature was actually pretty acceptable I > wouldn't have filed this bug report. > > > On Mon, May 11, 2009 at 4:18 AM, zanfr <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > any theories about what is going on ? > > > > -- > > i8kfan (andhttp:// > en.community.dell.com/Search/SearchResults.aspx?q=inspiron+fani i8kmon) > can't control fan on new Inspiron 1545 > > https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/363152 > > You received this bug notification because you are a direct subscriber > > of the bug. > > > > Status in “i8kutils” source package in Ubuntu: New > > > > Bug description: > > Binary package hint: i8kutils > > > > I run 9.04 amd64. > > i8kfan always returns '-1 0', and never spins the fan > > > > $ i8kfan 2 2 > > -1 0 > > > > ...and the fan always stay quiet. > > > > The fans will turn on, but only until the CPU gets to about 70C. I > suspect that is the bios kicking in. > > > > i8kmon -v reports the state correctly, but it's clear that the calls to > /usr/bin/i8kfan do nothing. I use the default config, and have tried other > /etc/i8kmon files from forums etc. > > -- > i8kfan (and i8kmon) can't control fan on new Inspiron 1545 > https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/363152 > You received this bug notification because you are a direct subscriber > of the bug. > > Status in “i8kutils” source package in Ubuntu: New > > Bug description: > Binary package hint: i8kutils > > I run 9.04 amd64. > i8kfan always returns '-1 0', and never spins the fan > > $ i8kfan 2 2 > -1 0 > > ...and the fan always stay quiet. > > The fans will turn on, but only until the CPU gets to about 70C. I suspect > that is the bios kicking in. > > i8kmon -v reports the state correctly, but it's clear that the calls to > /usr/bin/i8kfan do nothing. I use the default config, and have tried other > /etc/i8kmon files from forums etc. > -- i8kfan (and i8kmon) can't control fan on new Inspiron 1545 https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/363152 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
