loud fan pavilion ze2000

[ito]

Hello Lars,

I have previously noticed a dramatic difference myself on other machines
but I think that I remember on this machine it didn't help nearly as
much as I would have hoped.

Probably try it anyhow.

Thanks,

eg

On Sat, 2013-12-21 at 20:11 +0100, Lars Engels wrote:
> On Fri, Dec 20, 2013 at 10:00:35AM -0500, ito wrote:
> > Hi,
> > 
> > I posted a question to the freebsd forums (under mobile computing) in
> > which I was seeking help with a old laptop (hp pavilion ze2000) because
> > of fan noise.  The problem is not really that the fan is too loud,
> > although that is part of it, it is that it cycles frequently (about
> > every 21 sec, at average use).  I seems to me now that maybe here would
> > be more appropriate.
> > I am having trouble finding information about the acpi functions in
> > particular.  So I thought maybe I could get help here.  For instance,
> > according to the information below, is the passive cooling set to start
> > at 85.0C (Celsius) which would be 185 Fahrenheit?  Is this very hot to
> > start to cool down passively?  Why is active cooling set to -1?  Where
> > do I find the definitions of these things... like the flags?
> > 
> 
> If the Notebook is older, a first measure is to clean the heatsink and
> fan.
> After I did this the last time my Thinkpad is ~ 10 °C cooler than
> before.