Date: Wed, 04 Jun 2008 15:09:23 -0400 From: "Alexandre \"Sunny\" Kovalenko" <gaijin.k@gmail.com> To: Josh Paetzel <josh@tcbug.org> Cc: Jeremy Chadwick <koitsu@freebsd.org>, nlaroche@vt.edu, freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Lenovo Thinkpad t61p and FreeBSD? Message-ID: <1212606563.1226.11.camel@RabbitsDen> In-Reply-To: <200806040745.19637.josh@tcbug.org> References: <18501.12329.638264.761303@cs.wpi.edu> <1212506007.48455f97a3788@webmail.vt.edu> <20080604122513.GA24093@eos.sc1.parodius.com> <200806040745.19637.josh@tcbug.org>
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On Wed, 2008-06-04 at 07:45 -0500, Josh Paetzel wrote: > On Wednesday 04 June 2008 07:25:13 am Jeremy Chadwick wrote: > > On Tue, Jun 03, 2008 at 11:13:27AM -0400, nlaroche@vt.edu wrote: > > > Quoting nlaroche@vt.edu: > > > > Quoting Jeremy Chadwick <koitsu@FreeBSD.org>: > > > > > 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 > > > > > > That was a T61p not a T60p > > > > It really doesn't matter in this case; T60p, T60p (widescreen), T61p, > > X60p, etc... They all behave the same way when it comes to > > temperatures: incredibly high, sometimes to the point of the system > > shutting off (for some). > > My T60p is really unusable for anything cpu intensive under FreeBSD. Even > with the ibm acpi addons loaded and the fan set to it's highest setting it > only turns at 3700rpm, which isn't enough to keep it from shutting down due > to heat. (eg over 100C) > > I'm interested in whatever cooling solutions people have... > You can read through this thread: http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/getmsg.cgi?fetch=141019+0 +/usr/local/www/db/text/2008/freebsd-acpi/20080217.freebsd-acpi which mentions at least two ways to approach it -- the right one from the referenced message forward. HTH, -- Alexandre "Sunny" Kovalenko (Олександр Коваленко)
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