[ltp] TP 240 running hot with new drive

Ken Firestone linux-thinkpad@linux-thinkpad.org
Mon, 22 Mar 2004 08:31:58 -0800 (PST)


On Mon, 22 Mar 2004, Steve Harris wrote:

   On Mon, Mar 22, 2004 at 06:11:51AM -0800, Ken Firestone wrote:
   > Its getting alot warmer than it did with the older slow dirve. Very
   > warm after a few hours. Also, its not just the drive area, but the
   > whole bottom of the machine. Should I be doing something to spin it
   > down?

   Do you have laptop mode on? http://fedora.redhat.com/docs/release-notes/

Dumb question time, how do I make sure it is on when the machine
starts? And how do I make sure the disk drive is using the power
saving features?


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