From owner-freebsd-acpi@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Apr 4 11:42:52 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-acpi@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5FFA0106566B for ; Sun, 4 Apr 2010 11:42:52 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from rpaulo@gmail.com) Received: from mail-fx0-f209.google.com (mail-fx0-f209.google.com [209.85.220.209]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DBED88FC16 for ; Sun, 4 Apr 2010 11:42:51 +0000 (UTC) Received: by fxm1 with SMTP id 1so2231058fxm.13 for ; Sun, 04 Apr 2010 04:42:50 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:subject:mime-version :content-type:from:in-reply-to:date:cc:content-transfer-encoding :message-id:references:to:x-mailer; bh=4tyqzhy7u5oJUnzXN5P5t2/t/nt8X0Fkfc56qoi55xs=; b=jNpNjKLaOCYuM1pwmAkyoBIGNNSYUSC9WC1Bnv24d89gwIAHiSzs9HTCiqoaC0dxZf QvaDpPBf2rJLK4lAj/T+mmFseHA+Ppxwp5A2488YP6ME4k28mVBLIrSmfmzos9mb5q8v ym1htvSPxbxPV4EfUanDZ3zbMyZ+dQSrU9QBU= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=subject:mime-version:content-type:from:in-reply-to:date:cc :content-transfer-encoding:message-id:references:to:x-mailer; b=L3IlT0JyZBYmnHAm8/8R3Wcv9fOuqxR4XkKSa+n/6+YRA6KR9o0gjR92YOTa3kcPCa YV09wjHkHYfP/r5wuGzq4U8h3SKpXK7kIubZRqf9NuUGvWYCMyqUNhluCAy/BclRxLEY 5s7Uupgq9fhwq5jGj6e06+PASxMvz7VklfJJk= Received: by 10.223.5.70 with SMTP id 6mr4392338fau.18.1270381370765; Sun, 04 Apr 2010 04:42:50 -0700 (PDT) Received: from [10.0.10.2] (54.81.54.77.rev.vodafone.pt [77.54.81.54]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id 14sm7460359fxm.9.2010.04.04.04.42.49 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=RC4-MD5); Sun, 04 Apr 2010 04:42:49 -0700 (PDT) Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v1078) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii From: Rui Paulo In-Reply-To: <4BB7D71C.7080303@chillt.de> Date: Sun, 4 Apr 2010 12:42:48 +0100 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Message-Id: 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> To: Bartosz Fabianowski X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.1078) Cc: freebsd-acpi@freebsd.org, "Alexandre \"Sunny\" Kovalenko" , Ian Smith Subject: Re: Spurious thermal shutdowns on Dell Studio 1557 X-BeenThere: freebsd-acpi@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: ACPI and power management development List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 04 Apr 2010 11:42:52 -0000 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