Date: Fri, 21 Feb 2003 08:32:34 -0800 From: Chris Doherty <chris-freebsd@randomcamel.net> To: freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Dell Inspiron hard disk Message-ID: <20030221163234.GA12372@zot.electricrain.com> In-Reply-To: <200302211623.h1LGNZkR006202@himinbjorg.ttsg.com> References: <20030221093823.J57778@epicsol.org> <200302211623.h1LGNZkR006202@himinbjorg.ttsg.com>
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On Fri, Feb 21, 2003 at 11:23:35AM -0500, Tuc said:
>
> > It can be quite distracting when you're trying to
> > concentrate on something but you have what sounds like a hair dryer blowing
> > constantly in the background. :>
> >
> Whoa, are you SURE thats the hard drive? When mine goes into
> "hair dryer" mode its because the 2 fans on the right back side spin up to
> cool the machine down. I've found certain surfaces I put it on make it do
> that, and , get this, it won't stop if for some reason I go into APM, then
> out.
I've been really disappointed with my Inspiron on a number of levels, and
this is one of them (reported by a couple of friends as well): eventually
the machine just feels it needs to have the fans running all the time. I
consider it part of natural Inspiron degradation at this point.
(other symptoms on my machine being that PgUp/PgDn no longer work, the
brightness control no longer works, and the battery won't last more than 5
minutes, if that. it's made me so grateful for my Thinkpad 600E, which is
about half the speed but is not crappy. :-))
chris
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Chris Doherty
chris [at] randomcamel.net
"I think," said Christopher Robin, "that we ought to eat
all our provisions now, so we won't have so much to carry."
-- A. A. Milne
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