From owner-freebsd-mobile Fri Feb 21 8:32:37 2003 Delivered-To: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E93D937B401 for ; Fri, 21 Feb 2003 08:32:35 -0800 (PST) Received: from electricrain.com (electricrain.com [64.71.143.226]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4CD9E43FBD for ; Fri, 21 Feb 2003 08:32:35 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from fuzzy@electricrain.com) Received: (qmail 12691 invoked by uid 540); 21 Feb 2003 16:32:34 -0000 Date: Fri, 21 Feb 2003 08:32:34 -0800 From: Chris Doherty To: freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Dell Inspiron hard disk Message-ID: <20030221163234.GA12372@zot.electricrain.com> Reply-To: chris-freebsd@randomcamel.net References: <20030221093823.J57778@epicsol.org> <200302211623.h1LGNZkR006202@himinbjorg.ttsg.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <200302211623.h1LGNZkR006202@himinbjorg.ttsg.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4i X-Operating-System: XEmacs X-Koan: mu. Organization: The Inside Foundation Sender: owner-freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org 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 ------------------------------- 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 ------------------------------- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-mobile" in the body of the message