IBM ACPI fan control GUI V 01
Posted: Mon 13 Jul 2009, 15:29
Inspired by this thread
Background:
I have:
old IBM Thinkpad 570E (PIII 500 Mhz, 256 RAM)
Running puppy 4.x series with acpi=force boot parameter
Its fan will go ON when reaches 70 C, and above 80 C is critical and suddenly it will shutdown, it seems the fan can't catch up with the heat. This happens when using internet for long and big download or playing online (whatever force the cpu to run hard)
Then I found the above thread, and I made up a simple GUI for it, and would like to share it with you.
Install:
Just click the pet package. Don't forget to refresh menus (4.2x) or fixmenus from terminal and restart window manager (4.1x). It comes with a menu entry
How to use:
The GUI will pop up along with a message that tells the status os your ibm acpi fan. Read it, find the line which tells available fan speed level options. In my case only 0 - 7 (0 = off), some models may have disengaged and auto level
Select the speed level from drop down menu and press apply
Once you applied, then everytime your computer start up, it will activate ibm_acpi and activate the fan accordingly (see /root/Startup/ibm_acpi_fan)
That's it, now my computer stays cool on demand. No warranty. Try & you may give feed back.
Regards,
Trio
Background:
I have:
old IBM Thinkpad 570E (PIII 500 Mhz, 256 RAM)
Running puppy 4.x series with acpi=force boot parameter
Its fan will go ON when reaches 70 C, and above 80 C is critical and suddenly it will shutdown, it seems the fan can't catch up with the heat. This happens when using internet for long and big download or playing online (whatever force the cpu to run hard)
Then I found the above thread, and I made up a simple GUI for it, and would like to share it with you.
Install:
Just click the pet package. Don't forget to refresh menus (4.2x) or fixmenus from terminal and restart window manager (4.1x). It comes with a menu entry
How to use:
The GUI will pop up along with a message that tells the status os your ibm acpi fan. Read it, find the line which tells available fan speed level options. In my case only 0 - 7 (0 = off), some models may have disengaged and auto level
Select the speed level from drop down menu and press apply
Once you applied, then everytime your computer start up, it will activate ibm_acpi and activate the fan accordingly (see /root/Startup/ibm_acpi_fan)
That's it, now my computer stays cool on demand. No warranty. Try & you may give feed back.
Regards,
Trio