Robin Laing wrote: > jim lawrence wrote: >> On Wed, 09 Mar 2005 10:47:47 -0600, Jess Anderson <anderson@xxxxxxxx> >> wrote: >> >>>Jim Lawrence: >>> >>> >>>>I need to somehow let my processor fan shut down for a few >>>>minutes at a time. [] >>> >>>Just out of curiosity, why on earth would you need to do that? >>>I wouldn't want to risk a running CPU by stopping the fan. >>> >> >> The processor fan was spinning very fast the noise it was making was >> driving me nuts. >> I did manage to solve the problem by changing a file here and there >> >> /etc/cpuspeed.conf >> VMAJOR=1 >> VMINOR=1 >> DRIVER="speedstep-centrino" >> OPTS="-i 2 -t /proc/acpi/thermal_zone/THM/temperature 65 -a >> /proc/acpi/ac_adapter/AC/state -p 10 25" >> Also by turning on the cpuspeed process took care of this for me. :) > > Get a new quiter fan. Not that expensive and will save that almighty > bang if your processor overheats. Whoa, no kidding. Running a modern day processor without a fan (even for a few minutes) is asking for trouble, IMO. A fan that is relatively soundless (i.e. very quiet) is like $10. You can even get one with glowing neon lights for $11...=P
