Date: Tue, 11 Aug 2009 11:42:36 +0200 From: Torfinn Ingolfsen <torfinn.ingolfsen@broadpark.no> To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Problem with IBM Thinkpad T30 shutting down due to high temperatures Message-ID: <20090811114236.05ad43d2.torfinn.ingolfsen@broadpark.no> In-Reply-To: <4A809D32.9050607@FreeBSD.org> References: <14989d6e0908101453i635bbf8fhf26094c3ad896c9c@mail.gmail.com> <4A809D32.9050607@FreeBSD.org>
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On Mon, 10 Aug 2009 15:20:34 -0700 Doug Barton <dougb@FreeBSD.org> 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. HTH -- Regards, Torfinn Ingolfsen
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