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    #31
    Originally posted by oshunluvr View Post
    What does your laptop do in bios mode? What I mean is, boot to bios and observe temps while sitting there. Most bios's have a "PC Health" or monitoring section where you can observe temps. Mine also has fan speed controls. If the laptop heats up while sitting on the bios screen, it's not your OS causing the problem.
    ok i went to bios, and the fan worked!!! it like pulsated, so its the OS, and there was no Health thing
    <3 there is no hope <3

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      #32
      It may be time to enlist the aid of Google, then. Perhaps there's something architecturally different about your ThinkPad compared to most other machines?

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        #33
        OK, so it's an ACPI problem most likely. Odd (as Steve pointed out) that no other users of that lappy have reported the problem - at least as far as I searched.

        I had a similar problem quite awhile ago that solved itself with a kernel update.

        I propose you try other distros and/or kernel versions to see if one or the other makes the fan work. Also, search kernel boot options regarding ACPI and our laptop model. You may find a fix out there.

        Please Read Me

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          #34
          Originally posted by oshunluvr View Post
          OK, so it's an ACPI problem most likely. Odd (as Steve pointed out) that no other users of that lappy have reported the problem - at least as far as I searched.

          I had a similar problem quite awhile ago that solved itself with a kernel update.

          I propose you try other distros and/or kernel versions to see if one or the other makes the fan work. Also, search kernel boot options regarding ACPI and our laptop model. You may find a fix out there.
          Ok, I will do that, I'll try other distros
          <3 there is no hope <3

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            #35
            Originally posted by 1999NBK View Post
            Ok, I will do that, I'll try other distros
            any recommendations?
            <3 there is no hope <3

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              #36
              I would try Ubuntu first - this would eliminate KDE as the source of the problem. Then try Gparted. It's very stripped down and useful in the future to have handy.

              Please Read Me

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                #37
                Allow me to recommend KWheezy 1.5.
                "A nation that is afraid to let its people judge the truth and falsehood in an open market is a nation that is afraid of its people.”
                – John F. Kennedy, February 26, 1962.

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                  #38
                  Originally posted by oshunluvr View Post
                  I would try Ubuntu first - this would eliminate KDE as the source of the problem. Then try Gparted. It's very stripped down and useful in the future to have handy.
                  just did that, I'll see in a sec
                  <3 there is no hope <3

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                    #39
                    Originally posted by GreyGeek View Post
                    Allow me to recommend KWheezy 1.5.
                    if ubuntu won't work then I'll try that
                    <3 there is no hope <3

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                      #40
                      ok I tried different distros, but nothing really helped, now I'm running 12.04
                      <3 there is no hope <3

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                        #41
                        Originally posted by SteveRiley View Post
                        Hm...I'm still a bit curious about the fan.

                        What's the output of
                        Code:
                        cat /proc/acpi/ibm/fan
                        Let's also check a few other things. What's the output of
                        Code:
                        lsmod | grep think
                        
                        sudo find / -iname 'fan'
                        Code:
                        e@x:~$ cat /proc/acpi/ibm/fan
                        status:         enabled
                        speed:          0
                        level:          auto
                        commands:       level <level> (<level> is 0-7, auto, disengaged, full-speed)
                        commands:       enable, disable
                        commands:       watchdog <timeout> (<timeout> is 0 (off), 1-120 (seconds))
                        and the second one
                        Code:
                        e@x:~$ lsmod | grep think
                        thinkpad_acpi          81819  0 
                        snd                    79041  18 snd_hda_codec_conexant,snd_hda_codec_hdmi,snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec,snd_hwdep,snd_pcm,thinkpad_acpi,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq,snd_timer,snd_seq_device
                        nvram                  14413  1 thinkpad_acpi
                        and
                        Code:
                        e@x:~$ sudo find / -iname 'fan'
                        /proc/acpi/ibm/fan
                        /sys/bus/acpi/drivers/fan
                        I noticed that now I'm getting different results, what does that mean?
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