From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Jun 4 12:34:45 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7C95F106564A; Wed, 4 Jun 2008 12:34:45 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from nlaroche@vt.edu) Received: from lennier.cc.vt.edu (lennier.cc.vt.edu [198.82.162.213]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3423C8FC1D; Wed, 4 Jun 2008 12:34:44 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from nlaroche@vt.edu) Received: from dagger.cc.vt.edu (IDENT:mirapoint@evil-dagger.cc.vt.edu [10.1.1.11]) by lennier.cc.vt.edu (8.12.11.20060308/8.12.11) with ESMTP id m53FCg9T021245; Tue, 3 Jun 2008 11:12:42 -0400 Received: from imp-b08.cc.vt.edu (imp.cc.vt.edu [198.82.161.55]) by dagger.cc.vt.edu (MOS 3.8.6-GA) with ESMTP id JOU23797; Tue, 3 Jun 2008 11:12:42 -0400 (EDT) Received: from imp-b08.cc.vt.edu (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by imp-b08.cc.vt.edu (8.13.1/8.13.1) with ESMTP id m53FCgST025336; Tue, 3 Jun 2008 11:12:42 -0400 Received: (from apache@localhost) by imp-b08.cc.vt.edu (8.13.1/8.13.1/Submit) id m53FCfJu025335; Tue, 3 Jun 2008 11:12:41 -0400 Received: from bos-gate4.raytheon.com (bos-gate4.raytheon.com [199.46.154.96]) by webmail.vt.edu (IMP) with HTTP; Tue, 3 Jun 2008 11:12:41 -0400 Message-ID: <1212505961.48455f69d37b8@webmail.vt.edu> Date: Tue, 3 Jun 2008 11:12:41 -0400 From: nlaroche@vt.edu To: Jeremy Chadwick References: <18501.12329.638264.761303@cs.wpi.edu> <20080603122218.GA69827@eos.sc1.parodius.com> In-Reply-To: <20080603122218.GA69827@eos.sc1.parodius.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit User-Agent: Internet Messaging Program (IMP) 3.2.8 Cc: freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Lenovo Thinkpad t61p and FreeBSD? X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 04 Jun 2008 12:34:45 -0000 Quoting Jeremy Chadwick : > Based on my experiences with my workplace-provided T60p, it's safe to > say I'll never recommend a Lenovo product. The temperatures of these > laptops are absolutely insane, supported by an incredibly loud fan. I'm > not interested in a product that can have a GPU reaching temperatures of > almost 70C **while idling**. I purchased a T60p about two months ago and I haven't had any of these happen (yet?) running Ubuntu 7.10. The machine only gets slightly warm to the touch after a few hours idling. Does your fan run all the time that loud? I'm wondering if there were changes made at the factory to fix this type of problem if it was wide spread. Regards, Nick LaRoche