When I first got my Dell C-610 laptop (A cheap factory-refurbished deal), I installed SuSE linux 9.2, but even before it was finished installing, the laptop overheated and the hard-drive was broken by the high temperatures. Luckily, it was still under warranty. Since then I've gotten by with windows XP, but I've decided I'd like to make another attempt to put linux on it.
I suspect it overheats when running linux because the fan is software-controlled (@Dell: Why did it have to be!?!), and because SuSE doesn't have a driver to control the fan, which means that the fan never turns on, which means the heat builds up badly.
Symptoms:
When running linux the laptop becomes very, very hot (Much hotter than it does when running windows).
Eventually the hard-drive stopped working (Which I expect was because of the heat.)
As far as I can tell, there is no solution to this problem, and the Latitude C-610 has been more or less labeled as incompatible with linux. despite all my searching, I can only find other people complaining about the same problem, and never a solution offered.
So, I'm calling upon the Frihost community to help find the solution.
If anybody can find a solution for this (As defined as me using that solution and noticing the fan turning on, and the absence of overheating, while running linux), I would greatly appreciate it (As defined as me giving whoever gives me the proper solution 1000frih$ and a year's worth of advertising space in my sig for free).
A unique tag which will allow me to easily find this thread again:
HGOJLSKEDYOGJD
I suspect it overheats when running linux because the fan is software-controlled (@Dell: Why did it have to be!?!), and because SuSE doesn't have a driver to control the fan, which means that the fan never turns on, which means the heat builds up badly.
Symptoms:
When running linux the laptop becomes very, very hot (Much hotter than it does when running windows).
Eventually the hard-drive stopped working (Which I expect was because of the heat.)
As far as I can tell, there is no solution to this problem, and the Latitude C-610 has been more or less labeled as incompatible with linux. despite all my searching, I can only find other people complaining about the same problem, and never a solution offered.
So, I'm calling upon the Frihost community to help find the solution.
If anybody can find a solution for this (As defined as me using that solution and noticing the fan turning on, and the absence of overheating, while running linux), I would greatly appreciate it (As defined as me giving whoever gives me the proper solution 1000frih$ and a year's worth of advertising space in my sig for free).
A unique tag which will allow me to easily find this thread again:
HGOJLSKEDYOGJD
