Date: Sun, 4 Apr 2010 12:42:48 +0100 From: Rui Paulo <rpaulo@gmail.com> To: Bartosz Fabianowski <freebsd@chillt.de> Cc: freebsd-acpi@freebsd.org, "Alexandre \"Sunny\" Kovalenko" <gaijin.k@ovi.com>, Ian Smith <smithi@nimnet.asn.au> Subject: Re: Spurious thermal shutdowns on Dell Studio 1557 Message-ID: <D177B700-6C8D-453C-A6DC-0DA3C51B7052@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <4BB7D71C.7080303@chillt.de> References: <4BB69279.6060005@chillt.de> <20100403152134.V35463@sola.nimnet.asn.au> <4BB74BC4.9070409@chillt.de> <20100404012906.I35463@sola.nimnet.asn.au> <1270308642.1455.10.camel@RabbitsDen> <4BB764CC.60500@chillt.de> <1270334546.1455.45.camel@RabbitsDen> <4BB7C937.9050106@chillt.de> <1270337076.1455.60.camel@RabbitsDen> <4BB7D71C.7080303@chillt.de>
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On 4 Apr 2010, at 01:02, Bartosz Fabianowski wrote: >> I use $20.00 USD aluminum cooling pad with the pair of built-in >> USB-powered fans when doing buildworld and/or compiling something >> comparably heavy. >=20 > I have no problem with using such a contraption. What still has me = confused though is that I built world and 700 ports before hitting the = first thermal-related shutdown. How come the problem only appeared after = a couple of months? Dust buildup - that quickly? In those few months, dust could've easily clobbered the air vents and = made the fan unable to remove the heat from inside the computer. Regards, -- Rui Paulo
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