david walcroft wrote: > I'm getting curious about this as it appears at every reboot,what does > it affect (if anything) and do I need to fix it. > > reddwarf kernel: it87: Found IT8705F chip at 0x290, revision 2 > reddwarf kernel: it87 1-0290: Detected broken BIOS defaults, disabling > PWM interface A quick Google suggests PWM can control fan speed on certain system fans, based on temperature. http://lkml.org/lkml/2005/1/12/262 says: > ... completely disables > the fan speed control interface if the initial configuration looks weird > (all fans supposedly stopped and polarity set to "active low"). This > should protect users of the driver who have a faulty BIOS. In other words, it keeps the fans going on full so you don't overheat. The message continues: > When a bogus configuration is detected, we would of course complain in > the logs and invite the user to complain to his/her motherboard maker > too. So that's what you're supposed to do. Do you have the latest BIOS? James. -- E-mail address: james | "If you make everything a life and death proposition @westexe.demon.co.uk | you're going to have problems. For one thing, you'll | be dead a lot."
