processor fan runs forever {CLOSED}

[Christopher J. Bottaro]

Robin Laing wrote:

> jim lawrence wrote:
>> On Wed, 09 Mar 2005 10:47:47 -0600, Jess Anderson <anderson at wisc.edu>
>> 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