Date: Wed, 4 Jun 2008 07:45:12 -0500 From: Josh Paetzel <josh@tcbug.org> To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Cc: Jeremy Chadwick <koitsu@freebsd.org>, nlaroche@vt.edu Subject: Re: Lenovo Thinkpad t61p and FreeBSD? Message-ID: <200806040745.19637.josh@tcbug.org> In-Reply-To: <20080604122513.GA24093@eos.sc1.parodius.com> References: <18501.12329.638264.761303@cs.wpi.edu> <1212506007.48455f97a3788@webmail.vt.edu> <20080604122513.GA24093@eos.sc1.parodius.com>
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--nextPart1533427.3Tut7xWMFY Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline On Wednesday 04 June 2008 07:25:13 am Jeremy Chadwick wrote: > On Tue, Jun 03, 2008 at 11:13:27AM -0400, nlaroche@vt.edu wrote: > > Quoting nlaroche@vt.edu: > > > Quoting Jeremy Chadwick <koitsu@FreeBSD.org>: > > > > Based on my experiences with my workplace-provided T60p, it's safe = to > > > > say I'll never recommend a Lenovo product. The temperatures of the= se > > > > laptops are absolutely insane, supported by an incredibly loud fan.= =20 > > > > I'm not interested in a product that can have a GPU reaching > > > > temperatures of almost 70C **while idling**. > > > > > > I purchased a T60p about two months ago and I haven't had any of these > > > happen (yet?) running Ubuntu 7.10. The machine only gets slightly warm > > > to the touch after a few hours idling. > > > > > > Does your fan run all the time that loud? I'm wondering if there were > > > changes made at the factory to fix this type of problem if it was wide > > > spread. > > > > > > Regards, > > > Nick LaRoche > > > > That was a T61p not a T60p > > It really doesn't matter in this case; T60p, T60p (widescreen), T61p, > X60p, etc... They all behave the same way when it comes to > temperatures: incredibly high, sometimes to the point of the system > shutting off (for some). My T60p is really unusable for anything cpu intensive under FreeBSD. Even= =20 with the ibm acpi addons loaded and the fan set to it's highest setting it= =20 only turns at 3700rpm, which isn't enough to keep it from shutting down due= =20 to heat. (eg over 100C) I'm interested in whatever cooling solutions people have... =2D-=20 Thanks, Josh Paetzel PGP: 8A48 EF36 5E9F 4EDA 5A8C 11B4 26F9 01F1 27AF AECB --nextPart1533427.3Tut7xWMFY Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc Content-Description: This is a digitally signed message part. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.9 (FreeBSD) iEYEABECAAYFAkhGjl8ACgkQJvkB8Sevrsv1xQCdFaCpDi5H0m3y7s7plBLB4ziJ WhkAoITgiluSiAdWTnr/JypcDSxEgGwy =/cLs -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --nextPart1533427.3Tut7xWMFY--
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