From owner-freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Jan 14 20:07:34 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 85ACC106567F for ; Wed, 14 Jan 2009 20:07:34 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from brooks@lor.one-eyed-alien.net) Received: from lor.one-eyed-alien.net (lor.one-eyed-alien.net [69.66.77.232]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1AB9A8FC29 for ; Wed, 14 Jan 2009 20:07:33 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from brooks@lor.one-eyed-alien.net) Received: from lor.one-eyed-alien.net (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by lor.one-eyed-alien.net (8.14.3/8.14.3) with ESMTP id n0EJkm3R068879; Wed, 14 Jan 2009 13:46:48 -0600 (CST) (envelope-from brooks@lor.one-eyed-alien.net) Received: (from brooks@localhost) by lor.one-eyed-alien.net (8.14.3/8.14.3/Submit) id n0EJkmYl068878; Wed, 14 Jan 2009 13:46:48 -0600 (CST) (envelope-from brooks) Date: Wed, 14 Jan 2009 13:46:48 -0600 From: Brooks Davis To: Kevin Oberman Message-ID: <20090114194648.GA68555@lor.one-eyed-alien.net> References: <1231958866.1172.58.camel@RabbitsDen> <20090114194013.8241F1CC0B@ptavv.es.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="/04w6evG8XlLl3ft" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20090114194013.8241F1CC0B@ptavv.es.net> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.17 (2007-11-01) X-Greylist: Sender IP whitelisted, not delayed by milter-greylist-3.0 (lor.one-eyed-alien.net [127.0.0.1]); Wed, 14 Jan 2009 13:46:48 -0600 (CST) Cc: George Neville-Neil , Alexandre Sunny Kovalenko , freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Subject: Re: X60 overheating with 7.1 X-BeenThere: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Mobile computing with FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 14 Jan 2009 20:07:35 -0000 --/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" > > 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--