From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue May 1 13:44:14 2012 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7E477106575C for ; Tue, 1 May 2012 13:44:14 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from aimass@yabarana.com) Received: from mail-iy0-f182.google.com (mail-iy0-f182.google.com [209.85.210.182]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3E85D8FC1A for ; Tue, 1 May 2012 13:44:14 +0000 (UTC) Received: by iahk25 with SMTP id k25so7695089iah.13 for ; Tue, 01 May 2012 06:44:13 -0700 (PDT) X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=google.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:sender:in-reply-to:references:date :x-google-sender-auth:message-id:subject:from:to:content-type :x-gm-message-state; bh=W0NP8owH/yk6h7BWWvQiArB3g+7kGTcQdab8KLsZx8c=; b=BeDnPrzp8wyYVx2Z3jJ7+8vf6A7OQIA/1QqHJjZexYcVQPEjcvBDjW/2oWSqhZdtM/ 792qczsa6MbEQklW7muLpIy06uIUYdbQ+opeOpMJHqUpvG+Xtwb3tvExOASqIiNt6XXa d9TgxZujWrqDyxAlGGhxuv+mDxKTJmvpSnsOoQgr4coWsYicB0rmNE7lPVznXC51JXX5 p9cucJ1r9qFo8NwrymhMQ3+teaue7TTYddoF7t00sn54TSKvN09WYnWlKF5YPHlz+nUL 5LsVEefy79V4ZhMY8TQYUtLlownrx577J+0SC3/LBEphn23aiC0aZVdS57o9XgdxYDZ4 L6+w== MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.50.191.231 with SMTP id hb7mr578061igc.26.1335879853396; Tue, 01 May 2012 06:44:13 -0700 (PDT) Sender: aimass@yabarana.com Received: by 10.231.74.138 with HTTP; Tue, 1 May 2012 06:44:13 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <20120501124110.GB5007@mech-cluster241.men.bris.ac.uk> References: <20120501120654.GA4883@mech-cluster241.men.bris.ac.uk> <20120501124110.GB5007@mech-cluster241.men.bris.ac.uk> Date: Tue, 1 May 2012 09:44:13 -0400 X-Google-Sender-Auth: YBlGlHxgAubpa8WjFnm7NIxlaEw Message-ID: From: Alejandro Imass To: Alejandro Imass , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 X-Gm-Message-State: ALoCoQkO8UD2GmnTf4ZX78CtitBvrXHYqH6QW3rH9nt8ROHAio2+DtnG2X3MZ2i+bY6nRmBp3wQX Cc: Subject: Re: laptop very hot and noisy X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 01 May 2012 13:44:14 -0000 On Tue, May 1, 2012 at 8:41 AM, Anton Shterenlikht wrote: > On Tue, May 01, 2012 at 08:25:11AM -0400, Alejandro Imass wrote: >> On Tue, May 1, 2012 at 8:06 AM, Anton Shterenlikht wrote: >> > I run 10-current on Compaq 6715s. >> > It's very hot and noisy. If I boot [..] > I didn't even know they put fluid heatsinks in laptop. > I thought this was something from IBM cutting edge power6 > chips. > Yeah I didn't know either until it fried my CPU. Many laptop heatsinks use "heat pipes": http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heat_pipe The hole will probably be too little to notice but in my case I noticed some oxidation/stain around the hole which gave it away. -- Alejandro > So I might need to pull the laptop apart.. > I'm just not sure I could put it back > together... > > Thanks anyway > > -- > Anton Shterenlikht > Room 2.6, Queen's Building > Mech Eng Dept > Bristol University > University Walk, Bristol BS8 1TR, UK > Tel: +44 (0)117 331 5944 > Fax: +44 (0)117 929 4423