From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Jun 8 19:04:42 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B3B371065672 for ; Sun, 8 Jun 2008 19:04:42 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from gaijin.k@gmail.com) Received: from an-out-0708.google.com (an-out-0708.google.com [209.85.132.250]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 55CFB8FC17 for ; Sun, 8 Jun 2008 19:04:42 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from gaijin.k@gmail.com) Received: by an-out-0708.google.com with SMTP id b33so451654ana.13 for ; Sun, 08 Jun 2008 12:04:41 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:subject:from:to:cc :in-reply-to:references:content-type:date:message-id:mime-version :x-mailer:content-transfer-encoding; bh=wodIzki5WWc+wqPO3jF8ck0X8/rgLsEIexTOno19/ic=; b=XT4J7zHKuRv3XWUnyn5OR5dzl3SfB7DW35t8y0xAaD5QXkSNQKD8YRaeInItMMRWgx 7+vCUlO7tKe69uhntcfmsVldn9mDDxH5lTBThOT921gLY43COnrPQIshf8CEM8Gv9zNW 5/aKaFlSenCyHUWsmQlL7RxmIUhgkTZzwPhHM= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=subject:from:to:cc:in-reply-to:references:content-type:date :message-id:mime-version:x-mailer:content-transfer-encoding; b=XHDymWCgPduYIOgWxURH2WF3829PqBLotxQLXK0DqaoI82zC/tnk4I825iUaJHKf/0 iSx4pZC1ywDo1hqLuFJJofeMIHOd6zQqhLXREuWf6zYVGAaNz4XgooTuPE1jnWga8b0M SJPehVAFvn6HWtnqB81omIXRH9ojKu+bEbFcM= Received: by 10.100.128.20 with SMTP id a20mr2538448and.153.1212951881464; Sun, 08 Jun 2008 12:04:41 -0700 (PDT) Received: from ?10.0.3.231? ( [71.250.38.145]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id 9sm8088531yxs.5.2008.06.08.12.04.40 (version=SSLv3 cipher=RC4-MD5); Sun, 08 Jun 2008 12:04:40 -0700 (PDT) From: "Alexandre \"Sunny\" Kovalenko" To: Josh Paetzel 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> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Date: Sun, 08 Jun 2008 15:03:33 -0400 Message-Id: <1212951813.1139.0.camel@RabbitsDen> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.22.2 FreeBSD GNOME Team Port Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Cc: 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: Sun, 08 Jun 2008 19:04:42 -0000 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 : > > > > > 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 is from the referenced message forward. HTH, -- Alexandre "Sunny" Kovalenko (Олександр Коваленко)