Lenovo Thinkpad t61p and FreeBSD?
Jeremy Chadwick
koitsu at FreeBSD.org
Wed Jun 4 12:25:13 UTC 2008
On Tue, Jun 03, 2008 at 11:13:27AM -0400, nlaroche at vt.edu wrote:
> Quoting nlaroche at vt.edu:
> > Quoting Jeremy Chadwick <koitsu at 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 these
> > > laptops are absolutely insane, supported by an incredibly loud fan. 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).
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