Date: Tue, 11 Aug 2009 10:49:06 -0700 From: "Kevin Oberman" <oberman@es.net> To: Torfinn Ingolfsen <torfinn.ingolfsen@broadpark.no> Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Problem with IBM Thinkpad T30 shutting down due to high temperatures Message-ID: <20090811174906.ABF5A1CC31@ptavv.es.net> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Tue, 11 Aug 2009 11:42:36 %2B0200." <20090811114236.05ad43d2.torfinn.ingolfsen@broadpark.no>
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> Date: Tue, 11 Aug 2009 11:42:36 +0200 > From: Torfinn Ingolfsen <torfinn.ingolfsen@broadpark.no> > Sender: owner-freebsd-stable@freebsd.org > > On Mon, 10 Aug 2009 15:20:34 -0700 > Doug Barton <dougb@FreeBSD.org> wrote: > > > You included a lot of details, but missed some crucial ones. First, > > did it ever work? If so, what you probably have are fans/heat sinks > > that are clogged with dust. Give the system a good hosing with > > compressed air and see if that helps. > > If that doesn't work, disassembling the machine will allow him to more > easily clean the dust out of the fan. > Also, the T30 is (by now) a n old machine, if cleaning the fan(s) > doesn't work, he could try to change thermal paste between the cpu and > the heatsink. And, for those who don't do this a lot, that means cleaning off all residual goo and spreading a VERY thin layer of thermal grease on both surfaces. Thin is good. Very, very thin and as even as possible. -- R. Kevin Oberman, Network Engineer Energy Sciences Network (ESnet) Ernest O. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) E-mail: oberman@es.net Phone: +1 510 486-8634 Key fingerprint:059B 2DDF 031C 9BA3 14A4 EADA 927D EBB3 987B 3751
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