Dell Inspiron 1200 Ubuntu 7.10 Fan not working

[Tim M]

On 10/15/07, Steve Flynn <anothermindbomb at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> On 15/10/2007, Tim M <southern.tim at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> I installed 7.10 in my Dell laptop yesterday and am very pleased. The
> > video is much better than in 7.04 and it was much easier for me to
> > install the restricted wifi drivers BUT I cannot get the cpu fan to work. I
> > was able to install the sensor to get the cpu temperature but I haven't been
> > able find a way to get the fan working. I have searched for info, maybe I am
> > looking for the wrong thing, but I cannot find anything that is helpful. I
> > am afraid to use it much for fear that it will overheat. Oh can anyone tell
> > me what the normal temperature range is for the processor in the 1200?
>
>
> If your CPU is getting up into the 65C+ mark I would be (very) concerned.
> I can't give you precise information on your particular machine/CPU
> combination as you don't mention what processor and speed it is.
>
> What CPU temperature are you getting and are you QUITE sure the CPU fan
> isn't working? Are you not confusing the CPU fan with case exhaust fan
> (which will probably be very quite most of the time)
>
> Many moons ago, I'd be referring you to install the lmsensors package, but
> it may well have been superseded these days (and I'm at work so no
> repository to refer to to check).
>
> For reference, my 2Ghz Athlon 64 in a desktop maxes out at around 58C.
>
> --
> Steve


Hi Steve,

This is a *Celeron(r) M 360 (1.40 GHz/1MB Cache/400MHz FSB) laptop Dell
Inspiron 1200. It is strange I plugged the XP disk back in the laptop and
ran Dell's diagnostic program on it and the fan works fine at high and low
speed BUT  when I was using XP on it (while downloading the diagnostic
utility) the fan never came on. Maybe it just is designed to run hot? I know
when I had Feisty Fawn running on it I did have the fan working but it ran
all the time. Synaptic said something about recompiling the kernel and I am
not sure what that means. Here is the message: i8kutils
The programs require the kernel module i8k.o which can be compiled from the
package sources or found in Linux kernel 2.4.14 and later versions.
I hate using XP on the laptop! But I need to get the fan working and it
doesn't seem that anyone can help me with it.

Tim

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