[ltp] TP 240 running hot with new drive

[Charles E Taylor IV]

On Mon, 22 Mar 2004 05:47:52 -0800 (PST)
Ken Firestone <kenf@speakeasy.net> wrote:

> Hi,

> I recently upgraded my Thinkpad 240, 300 mhz. machine by putting in a
> new, higher speed (5400rpm) drive and installing Fedora Core 1. Now
> the computer seems to run much hotter. Is this because of the drive?

The faster drives do run warmer that the slow ones, but I've had no
overheating problems on a TP240X with a 5400 RPM drive - and that's
leaving it on/running for several days at a time.  It's not getting too
hot to touch, is it?

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