Re: [Mactel-linux-users] power/fan noise poll

[Jonas P. <jon...@xm...>]

Sheer El-Showk wrote:
> [... fans ...]
> So the question/poll is for those core duo MBP owners (but C2D owners
> should also share their experiences).

I'm on a MBP C2D.

>  Does your fan become active a lot (3k+ rpms and noisy)? 

Yes. As you've mentioned there is no obvious correlation with load some 
of the time. The noise itself is so far not too bad.

> Have you tried using power play and does it help? 

Nope. Not supported. Will try new ATI drivers soon.

> Has anyone actually seen improved battery life or power usage
> when using powerplay? 

Actually, I can't get the ACPI battery stuff to work at the moment, 
(parse error in DSDT) so I'm flying blind in that regard (works fine 
though). Guess I should go for bleading ACPI really.

				/ Jonas
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