Re: Hardrive clicking / Kernel issue or daemon ?

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You are right this is what windows do, Linux doesn't seems to start up properly
the fan using ACPI. The laptop start heating up, so there is probably a bug
around that point no ?

Jm

Selon Pedro Fernandes Macedo <webmaster@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>:

> Gene Heskett wrote:
> 
> >On Thursday 03 June 2004 22:13, vejmarie@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> >  
> >
> >>You are right this is a laptop drive I can't really help him to get
> >>cooler except leaving florida !
> >>Basically what I do have observed as well is that with standard
> >>kernel from FC2, I do not have this issue which is basically coming
> >>from the fact that the processor is locked to running at 800 Mhz (
> >>my BIOS do not support PST structure required by the standard
> >>powernow-k8 kernel module ). I do have had to patch the kernel to
> >>allow the processor running at 1.8 Ghz, and the hard drive issue
> >>appears only in that case.
> >>
> >>    
> >>
> >Aha!  So thats where the heat is coming from. I'd imagine you have 
> >doubled the power input, and the heat output of the cpu, and I'm 
> >wondering how long it itself will survive, not to mention the power 
> >regulation circuitry for the cpu with its at least doubled current 
> >drain.
> >
> >Heat management in a laptop is probably the highest paid engineering 
> >job at the laptop makers R&D shop, and much of that stuff is designed 
> >right down to the gnats eyebrow for cooling.  I think in the 
> >interests of decent life for both the laptop and its battery, I'd put 
> >it back to the factory speed.  The laptop is too valuable to cook 
> >trying to make up some bragging rights, do that to a $300 dollar 
> >Wallmart box instead.
> >
> >  
> >
> To me , it looks like he is using the factory speed. These CPUs run 
> usually at 800Mhz to save power when using battery power and 1800Mhz 
> otherwise.
> What he has done is simply enabling something that should just work , 
> but with the kernel rpm didnt... I bet if he boots to the other OS (if 
> he has it) , it'll be using the same speeds (800Mhz with battery power , 
> 1800Mhz otherwise).
> 
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