[ltp] Lenovo/Thinkpad 90W power supply temperature

[Henrique de Moraes Holschuh]

On Fri, 01 Dec 2006, alhaz@xmission.com wrote:
> give the power supply a very sort lifespan. The capacitors will dry out 
> and it will start producing a really ugly sawtooth wave instead of nice 
> clean DC.

At which point the ThinkPad in the other end will refuse to charge its
batteries and run from AC (I've seen it happen), and maybe even get damaged.

If it is above 50C, it is unacceptably hot, IMO.  Get it replaced ASAP.

>   I'd call it defective even if it's behaving as Lenovo expects it to.

Agreed.

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