[ltp] too hot T60

[Chris Penn]

What is a good idle temperature ? 49? 50?
What would be a limit to look for on cpu temperature?

In my case, I have a t61p 2.5ghz.

thanks,

chris...


On Wed, Jul 30, 2008 at 12:31 PM, Karel Podvolecky <kapo@ok.cvut.cz> wrote:
> Hello everybody,
>  I have T60 too (model F4G-2007 with upgraded RAM and HDD). And I'm
> suffering same temperatures as you do. In the beginning I have CPU
> temperatures even higher, than you.
>  I was several times in service. I have mainboard replaced 2 times, CPU
> replaced 1 time and cooler replaced about 4-5 times. Only one think get
> better: CPU. Its temperature went about 10 degrees down. But that was all=
.
>  Under heavy load I had even 110 degrees on CPU and GPU when I was encodi=
ng
> video using both cores.
>
> Only two things get these temperatures a little bit lower:
> 1) open the notebook and blow away all the dust
> 2) bend a little metal coller that is pressing on GPU chip, so it press m=
ore
>
> Hope it helps,
>
> cheers
>
> Karel Podvolecky
>
>
>
> Carles Pina i Estany napsal(a):
>>
>> Hello,
>>
>> My T60, lastly, is too hot.
>>
>> Having the KDE, load average 0.4 (downloading some things to external
>> USB) the temperature is always 69=BAC or 70=BAC.
>>
>> Fan is mainly on all the time.
>>
>> Some information:
>> carles@pinux:~$ cat /proc/acpi/ibm/fan     status:         enabled
>> speed:          3255
>> level:          auto
>> commands:       level <level> (<level> is 0-7, auto, disengaged,
>> full-speed)
>> commands:       enable, disable
>> commands:       watchdog <timeout> (<timeout> is 0 (off), 1-120
>> (seconds))
>> carles@pinux:~$
>> carles@pinux:~$ cat /proc/acpi/ibm/thermal temperatures:   69 51 50 87 5=
2
>> -128 47 -128 51 64 65 -128 -128 -128 -128
>> -128
>> carles@pinux:~$
>> carles@pinux:~$ lsmod |grep -i think
>> thinkpad_acpi          48028  1 nvram                   8488  2
>> thinkpad_acpi
>> carles@pinux:~$
>> carles@pinux:~$ uname -a
>> Linux pinux 2.6.24-1-686 #1 SMP Sat Apr 19 00:37:55 UTC 2008 i686
>> GNU/Linux
>> carles@pinux:~$
>> (from Debian)
>>
>> I searched in Internet and I think that the temperature should be a bit
>> lower than 70=BAC for an idle desktop.
>>
>> I'm not monitoring everyday the temperature, but the fan is quite much
>> time on. Now I will also monitor the temperature.
>>
>> A couple of times the Kernel has switched off the computer because it
>> reached 100=BAC (!!)
>>
>> I bought this computer on August 2006, I've never updated the BIOS.
>>
>> Thank you,
>>
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