[ltp] too hot T60

[Chris Penn]

very good to here that.  Im sitting at 48-50C at idle.

Thanks,

chris...

On Wed, Jul 30, 2008 at 3:12 PM, Daniel Castro <castromd@tcd.ie> wrote:
> I have a T61.
> A good idle temp is 50.
> I have my limit on the cpu set to 75, more than that the fan kixks in and=
 it
> will not let it go over 100.
> See:
> http://www.thinkwiki.org/wiki/Intel_Core_2_Duo_(Merom)#Thermal_Specificat=
ions
>
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> Chris Penn wrote:
>
> 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> wrot=
e:
>
>
> 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 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 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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