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Date:      Tue, 26 Nov 2002 04:43:06 -0800
From:      Terry Lambert <tlambert2@mindspring.com>
To:        John Angelmo <john@veidit.net>
Cc:        current@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: ACPI problem with laptop?
Message-ID:  <3DE36C5A.C304AE4A@mindspring.com>
References:  <3DE345C3.702@veidit.net>

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John Angelmo wrote:
> If I choose to make world under -CURRENT the laptop gets hotter (well
> the processor/hd and so on gets used and causes heat) now, the fan
> starts to spin faster and so on, but the computer never gets cooler even
> a day after a build it still is hot and the fan never stops spinning, is
> there a way to let my processor know how to calm down?
> This problem dosn't occur when I'm running Windows (XP)

Is this a Dell Lattitude?  They are known to have heat problems.

There's also the possibility that the CPU is a desktop CPU in
the laptop; people aren't supposed to do that, either, but it
can crank up the heat.

-- Terry

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