On Thu, Nov 12, 2009, I had written: > I don't have proper fan control of my Toshiba L305 series > laptop. The way I control the fan is by restarting the > laptop immediately after an overheating shutdown. This > somehow locks the fan on its maximum setting. > > Toshiba has not been forthcoming with technical data that > would help my better control my fan (and hotkeys, etc.)
I solved the overheating problems I had by using utilities under Vista enabled to set the processor for Low Frequency operation (as opposed to Dyamic Frequency Control), and to select the power-saving mode. One of the utilities was in a Toshiba folder under All Programs, another was in the Vista utilities folder. (Sorry to be vague, I'm not keen to risk undoing my present success to double-check. :-) Vista reported that the OS would need to be rebooted for the settings to take effect. When I rebooted into Linux, I discovered that the fan would speed up at temperatures of 80C. Also, playing video no longer causes overheat and shutdown. Idle temperatures are way down in a reasonable range, around 60C. The laptop uses Insyde H2O BIOS, which provides no facilities for setting power-related parameters. Fan controls and other functions are reportedly available via the omnibook module. I have yet to test this, and no immediate need, having dealt with the biggest thorn. Regards, -- Joel Roth -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20100410064405.ga8...@sprite
