From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Aug 11 17:49:09 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 791EE106566C for ; Tue, 11 Aug 2009 17:49:09 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from oberman@es.net) Received: from mailgw.es.net (mail1.es.net [IPv6:2001:400:201:1::2]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 61F088FC51 for ; Tue, 11 Aug 2009 17:49:09 +0000 (UTC) Received: from ptavv.es.net (ptavv.es.net [IPv6:2001:400:910::29]) by mailgw.es.net (8.14.3/8.14.3) with ESMTP id n7BHn6rt032419 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NOT); Tue, 11 Aug 2009 10:49:07 -0700 Received: from ptavv.es.net (ptavv.es.net [127.0.0.1]) by ptavv.es.net (Tachyon Server) with ESMTP id ABF5A1CC31; Tue, 11 Aug 2009 10:49:06 -0700 (PDT) To: Torfinn Ingolfsen In-reply-to: Your message of "Tue, 11 Aug 2009 11:42:36 +0200." <20090811114236.05ad43d2.torfinn.ingolfsen@broadpark.no> Date: Tue, 11 Aug 2009 10:49:06 -0700 From: "Kevin Oberman" Message-Id: <20090811174906.ABF5A1CC31@ptavv.es.net> X-Proofpoint-Virus-Version: vendor=fsecure engine=1.12.8161:2.4.5, 1.2.40, 4.0.166 definitions=2009-08-11_16:2009-08-11, 2009-08-11, 2009-08-11 signatures=0 Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Problem with IBM Thinkpad T30 shutting down due to high temperatures 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: Tue, 11 Aug 2009 17:49:09 -0000 > Date: Tue, 11 Aug 2009 11:42:36 +0200 > From: Torfinn Ingolfsen > Sender: owner-freebsd-stable@freebsd.org > > On Mon, 10 Aug 2009 15:20:34 -0700 > Doug Barton wrote: > > > You included a lot of details, but missed some crucial ones. First, > > did it ever work? If so, what you probably have are fans/heat sinks > > that are clogged with dust. Give the system a good hosing with > > compressed air and see if that helps. > > If that doesn't work, disassembling the machine will allow him to more > easily clean the dust out of the fan. > Also, the T30 is (by now) a n old machine, if cleaning the fan(s) > doesn't work, he could try to change thermal paste between the cpu and > the heatsink. And, for those who don't do this a lot, that means cleaning off all residual goo and spreading a VERY thin layer of thermal grease on both surfaces. Thin is good. Very, very thin and as even as possible. -- R. Kevin Oberman, Network Engineer Energy Sciences Network (ESnet) Ernest O. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) E-mail: oberman@es.net Phone: +1 510 486-8634 Key fingerprint:059B 2DDF 031C 9BA3 14A4 EADA 927D EBB3 987B 3751