From: "Henrique de Moraes Holschuh" Subject: Re: [Bugme-new] [Bug 12994] New: Thinkpad R51e is overheating even when idle Date: Wed, 01 Apr 2009 18:16:30 -0300 Message-ID: <1238620590.21668.1308498203@webmail.messagingengine.com> References: <20090401124744.951c9443.akpm@linux-foundation.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: QUOTED-PRINTABLE Return-path: Received: from out3.smtp.messagingengine.com ([66.111.4.27]:58488 "EHLO out3.smtp.messagingengine.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1754418AbZDAVQc convert rfc822-to-8bit (ORCPT ); Wed, 1 Apr 2009 17:16:32 -0400 In-Reply-To: <20090401124744.951c9443.akpm@linux-foundation.org> Sender: linux-acpi-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: linux-acpi@vger.kernel.org To: Andrew Morton , linux-acpi@vger.kernel.org On Wed, 01 Apr 2009 12:47 -0700, "Andrew Morton" wrote: > (switched to email. Please respond via emailed reply-to-all, not via= the > bugzilla web interface). You do that, I lose track of things. So I am going to reply in the bug= zilla interface. Sorry about that. Maybe someday we could have a proper bug tracker setup that lets one de= al with the bug reports over email... adding magic hidden approval header= s to keep random spam at bay is trivial. Executive summary: AFAIK, that thinkpad might be having hardware proble= ms. IBM Thinkpads are supposed to operate at full number-crunching mode at = full speed at any decent ambient temperature (in my experience, the T4x will= deal with full load at <35=B0C ambient temps for long periods of time just fine, = but they will be quite hot inside (CPU around 75=B0C, likewise the GPU, rest of = the system approaching 60=B0C). Thermal sink problems are common on IBM thinkpads, and are easy to fix = if you can deal with taking it apart, cleaning things up, and applying a new t= hermal compound. --=20 "One disk to rule them all, One disk to find them. One disk to bring them all and in the darkness grind them. In the Land of Redmond where the shadows lie." -- The Silicon Valley Tarot Henrique Holschuh -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-acpi" i= n the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html