Date: Wed, 14 Jan 2009 13:46:48 -0600 From: Brooks Davis <brooks@freebsd.org> To: Kevin Oberman <oberman@es.net> Cc: George Neville-Neil <gnn@neville-neil.com>, Alexandre Sunny Kovalenko <gaijin.k@gmail.com>, freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Subject: Re: X60 overheating with 7.1 Message-ID: <20090114194648.GA68555@lor.one-eyed-alien.net> In-Reply-To: <20090114194013.8241F1CC0B@ptavv.es.net> References: <1231958866.1172.58.camel@RabbitsDen> <20090114194013.8241F1CC0B@ptavv.es.net>
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--/04w6evG8XlLl3ft Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Wed, Jan 14, 2009 at 11:40:13AM -0800, Kevin Oberman wrote: > > From: "Alexandre \"Sunny\" Kovalenko" <gaijin.k@gmail.com> > > Date: Wed, 14 Jan 2009 13:47:46 -0500 > >=20 > > On Wed, 2009-01-14 at 10:10 -0800, Kevin Oberman wrote: > >=20 > > > Also, 75C is a VERY conservative setting for most modern CPUs. My old= P4 > > > system (T40) is speced to run at up to 90C and my newer Pentium-M bas= ed > > > T43 is speced at 100C. _PSV is 94.5 and _CRT is 99.0 on that system. I > > > suspect that yours would be fine with _PSV of 85C, but you can look up > > > the spec at Intel's web site. > > I think 85C was the default on my laptop. I have lowered it because such > > a tight package gets uncomfortable on one's lap otherwise. >=20 > If your employer has ergonomic reviews, I'm sure that they will point > out that a laptop should never be used when sitting on ones lap! Our ergo > people think it's great that some modern laptops get so hot so people > are reminded not to do this. :-) While this is ergonomics conventional wisdom, it isn't entierly true for all people. On the advice of a physical therepist, I work almost exclusivly with a laptop in my lap while sitting on a couch and only have strain issues when forced to work at a desk. -- Brooks --/04w6evG8XlLl3ft Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFJbkEnXY6L6fI4GtQRAiQoAKDiP9mJizx5gmDst1SbIBwfZUpFQwCgqjYW yYfPumALEEkN0wsZ4demfbs= =RvWo -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --/04w6evG8XlLl3ft--
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