Re: [tlug] pcmcia => fans

[Melvin Sneed <melvin.sneed@example.com>]

On Sat, 2003-09-06 at 19:58, Jim Breen wrote:

> Depends on the notebook model. My old Toshiba needed to have its fan
> kickstarted because the automatic thermocouple thingy was driven 
> through Windblows. I downloaded a utility and (re)started the fan
> every 10 minutes from a cron job.

I have a Compaq 1687 and I am told it's fan is also kickstarted 
by winDoze. So far I've had no luck getting this to work under 
Linux. Any one seen this before? I'm about to hardwire the damn thing
to power supply.

Dave