iBook2, static electricity,and the fan

[Corey Minyard]

Tom Rini wrote:

>On Mon, Feb 03, 2003 at 08:08:08PM -0600, Corey Minyard wrote:
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>>Benjamin Herrenschmidt wrote:
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>>|On Mon, 2003-02-03 at 22:07, Corey Minyard wrote:
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>>|>I have noticed recently (on a trip to dry Arizona) that if my iBook2
>>|>gets a static shock, the fan turns on and won't turn off.  It's rather
>>|>annoying.  Is there any way to turn the fan off when this happens?
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>>|Not that I know... except maybe putting it to sleep & waking it up
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>>I had already tried that and it didn't work :-(.  Is there any way to
>>get this information from Apple?
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>I wonder if you don't have a loose / exposed wire or something :)  Does
>the fan stay on during sleep?
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The fan shuts off during sleep, but comes right back on  when you wake
it.  I suppose it could be a loose wire, perhaps an ungrounded
temperature sensor, hard to say.

-Corey


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