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trio

Joined: 21 Dec 2008 Posts: 2083 Location: अनुमोदना
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Posted: Sun 24 May 2009, 04:22 Post subject:
How to CONTROL Acer Aspire 3610 CPU fan? Subject description: Doesn't matter now |
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Doesn't matter, found this thread http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?t=28443
Hello all,
I re-phrased and bring alive this thread, because my acer laptop's fan is always on, but still it can reach a critical heat of more than 80 C...I think the fan's speed is not high enough...which led me to a question: Is there a third party module to control fan speed on demand? like I did in this thread for my old IBM laptop
Thanks
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Béèm

Joined: 21 Nov 2006 Posts: 11775 Location: Brussels IBM Thinkpad R40, 256MB, 20GB, WiFi ipw2100. Frugal Lin'N'Win
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Posted: Sun 24 May 2009, 05:47 Post subject:
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I think, not more then a couple of days ago a solution for the fan control was posted.
With the puppysearch link in my sig you may be able to find it.
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tempestuous
Joined: 10 Jun 2005 Posts: 5468 Location: Australia
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Posted: Mon 25 May 2009, 03:01 Post subject:
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Acer fan control driver just provided here
http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?p=308940#308940
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trio

Joined: 21 Dec 2008 Posts: 2083 Location: अनुमोदना
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Posted: Mon 25 May 2009, 04:47 Post subject:
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thanks tempstous
I'll try and report
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tempestuous
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Posted: Mon 25 May 2009, 22:34 Post subject:
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Do you really want/need fan control?
If the only issue is being able to monitor the fan state with conky, I suggest you do a Google search for "Acer conkyrc", because I suspect that this could be enabled with a modification to conky's configuration.
Or you may need lm-sensors
http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?t=21927
I think I read somewhere that conky and lm-sensors are related? You need to investigate.
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tempestuous
Joined: 10 Jun 2005 Posts: 5468 Location: Australia
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Posted: Mon 25 May 2009, 22:35 Post subject:
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Or if the problem is that your Acer laptop is running hot, I read on the web that you could try to apply a strong vacuum cleaner to your laptop's fan vent. This may clear any blockage.
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trio

Joined: 21 Dec 2008 Posts: 2083 Location: अनुमोदना
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Posted: Tue 26 May 2009, 11:01 Post subject:
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Who put solved in the thread title?
Sorry Tempestous, I haven't got time to try suggestions yet...
but, yes, the comp is sometimes very hot, reaching more than 80 degreed C and no fan...
It's not about conky displaying the fan state, but about the fan to work normally
as I said above /proc/acpi/fan/ folder is empty
I am thinking that there should be a special driver for this
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tempestuous
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Posted: Tue 26 May 2009, 23:24 Post subject:
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Well my understanding is that Acer fan control is a bios function, completely independent of the operating system.
The various utilities we have been discussing just override the bios control.
I suggest you check your bios.
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trio

Joined: 21 Dec 2008 Posts: 2083 Location: अनुमोदना
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Posted: Tue 14 Jul 2009, 01:30 Post subject:
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see main post.....I re-phrased and bring alive this thread, because my acer laptop's fan is always on, but still it can reached a critical heat of more than 80 C...I think the fan's speed is not high enough...which led me to a question: Is there a third party module to control fan speed on demand? like I did in a thread for my old IBM laptop
Thanks
Edit:
the same thing happen when I boot USB puppy on Lenovo 3000 N100 Celeron
The fan seems to be on at all time, but no speed change with higher cpu temp
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