Overheat problems with Lombard Powerbook

Brent · *nix forums beginner Joined: 12 Mar 2005 Posts: 19

On 3/10/05 12:49 PM, in article
1110476984.920913.234280@z14g2000cwz.googlegroups.com, "ppesci@gmail.com"
<ppesci@gmail.com> wrote:

ppesci@gmail.com · *nix forums beginner Joined: 10 Mar 2005 Posts: 12

I'm having crash problems when my Lombard powerbook (333 MHz) is going
hot.

Testing the problem, the dangerous temperature is aroun 75+ Celsius.
I'm obtainig the temperature data from /proc/cpuinfo file, and watching
it every few seconds. External fan don't help too much to solve this
problem, only delay them. Internal fan never goes on. When I use a
powerful external fan with keyboard removed for better performance, the
machine never crash in a procesor intensive test.

Is there a way with software to switch on the internal fan? I saw 1
PCMCIA circunvent, but I dont have tecnician skills nor tools.

Kernel 2.4.22-2g, YDL distribution.

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