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trio · Last edited by trio on Wed 15 Jul 2009, 07:48; edited 3 times in total

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

Béèm · Posted: Sun 24 May 2009, 05:47 Post subject:

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.

tempestuous · Joined: 10 Jun 2005 Posts: 5218 Location: Australia

Acer fan control driver just provided here
http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?p=308940#308940

trio · Posted: Mon 25 May 2009, 04:47 Post subject:

thanks tempstous

I'll try and report

tempestuous · Joined: 10 Jun 2005 Posts: 5218 Location: Australia

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.

tempestuous · Joined: 10 Jun 2005 Posts: 5218 Location: Australia

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.

trio · Posted: Tue 26 May 2009, 11:01 Post subject:

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

Thanks

tempestuous · Joined: 10 Jun 2005 Posts: 5218 Location: Australia

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.

trio · Posted: Tue 14 Jul 2009, 01:30 Post subject:

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