[ltp] too hot T60

[Karel Podvolecky]

Honesly? I have no idea :)
You have t61p, so i assume you have core _2_ duo and I think it has 
better power management, so you should be even lower than 50 degrees. 
But I give you no guarantee :)

k.


Chris Penn napsal(a):
> 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 encoding
>> 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 more
>>
>> 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 69ºC or 70ºC.
>>>
>>> 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 52
>>> -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 70ºC 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 100ºC (!!)
>>>
>>> I bought this computer on August 2006, I've never updated the BIOS.
>>>
>>> Thank you,
>>>
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