Re: [ACPI] Acer Aspire 1700

[BERTRAND Joel <joel.bertrand%systella.fr@localhost>]

Jukka Ruohonen a écrit :
> On Tue, Apr 06, 2010 at 11:53:08AM +0200, BERTRAND Joel wrote:
> > As it worked fine with Solaris, I suppose that this control is done
> > by operating system, but I don't understand why CPU fan does not start when
> > ACPI is disabled. Is there any workaround or patch ? I haven't found any
> > information.
>
> On some systems the fan is controlled by the operating system via ACPI.
> Consequently, if the latter is disabled, it is possible that the fan does
> not work. The temperature threshold for "active cooling" by a fan is
> generally imposed by the firmware.
>
> The question is: why you need to disable ACPI?

	I have tried to disable ACPI to check if fan speed is controlled by 
ACPI. As CPU is to hot, my first idea was to force fan action.

        Regards,

        JKB