Date: Mon, 7 Jan 2008 20:27:12 +0100 From: Henrik Brix Andersen <brix@FreeBSD.org> To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: overheating Thinkpad X60s with 7.0-RC1 Message-ID: <20080107192712.GA78284@tirith.brixandersen.dk> In-Reply-To: <20080106225532.GA52707@eos.sc1.parodius.com> References: <542798610801060556h28d300f2n4fdcf21d83d2213f@mail.gmail.com> <47813D8E.9080603@fsck.ch> <542798610801061326o63f731d5o32bef2eb2624f85e@mail.gmail.com> <20080106222040.GB67243@tirith.brixandersen.dk> <20080106225532.GA52707@eos.sc1.parodius.com>
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--mYCpIKhGyMATD0i+ Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Sun, Jan 06, 2008 at 02:55:32PM -0800, Jeremy Chadwick wrote: > I won't even bother mentioning what happens when I run something that's > CPU or GPU intensive. I haven't had any crashes, but in some cases, > I've seen the GPU temperatures reach over 80C -- completely > unacceptable, and bordering on insane. It's gotten to the point where > to use my T60p *quietly*, I'm forced to prop the rear corners up on > little blocks or whatever, and then place a desk fan nearby, blowing > cold air more or less underneathe the laptop. This keeps the fan in low > speed mode, which is semi-tolerable. Makes me wonder why you didn't return these laptops for repair... > I would urge those here to consider booting XP somehow (if possible) and > running tp4xfancontrol to check actual temperatures, since FreeBSD's > h/w monitoring capability is spotty at best (I think Linux wins out > here, but at least there's room for growth...) =2E.. or just use FreeBSD's own acpi_ibm(4) for reading those temperatures: $ sysctl dev.acpi_ibm.0.thermal dev.acpi_ibm.0.thermal: 49 52 -1 47 32 -1 32 -1 Now, who are you calling "spotty"? http://www.thinkwiki.org/wiki/Thermal_Sensors has some hints about possible sensor locations, although no one has yet submitted information on sensor locations for the X60s. Brix --=20 Henrik Brix Andersen <brix@FreeBSD.org> --mYCpIKhGyMATD0i+ Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.7 (FreeBSD) Comment: GnuPG signed iD8DBQFHgn0Pv+Q4flTiePgRAs3eAJ9LWKVpJiZUnnwD78RnRaX5nZYdYgCfWuT4 GszJoyfc+vbrujiUAf1XSMw= =t0qw -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --mYCpIKhGyMATD0i+--
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