Lenovo Thinkpad t61p and FreeBSD?

[Josh Paetzel]

On Wednesday 04 June 2008 07:25:13 am Jeremy Chadwick wrote:
> 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).

My T60p is really unusable for anything cpu intensive under FreeBSD.  Even 
with the ibm acpi addons loaded and the fan set to it's highest setting it 
only turns at 3700rpm, which isn't enough to keep it from shutting down due 
to heat.  (eg over 100C)

I'm interested in whatever cooling solutions people have...

-- 
Thanks,

Josh Paetzel

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