From: "Chuck McKinnis" <ecs-t6x@2rosenthals.com>
Message-ID: <4B5B2C66.2030204@sandia.net>
Date: Sat, 23 Jan 2010 10:05:42 -0700
Reply-To: mckinnis@sandia.net
User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.23 (Windows/20090812)
MIME-Version: 1.0
To: eCS ThinkPad T60/61 Mailing List <ecs-t6x@2rosenthals.com>
Subject: Re: [eCS T60/T61] T60 runs pretty hot
References: <list-2172456@2rosenthals.com>
In-Reply-To: <list-2172456@2rosenthals.com>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed
Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit

Neil Waldhauer wrote:
> I want to thank the people on this list who helped me get my T60 running. I
> like it so much that it is now my primary computer running through a USB KVM
> and connected to a 24 inch monitor.
> 
> I recently installed the NeoWPS object reactor temperature widget, and I can
> see the temperature of the CPU. It runs in the range of 70-80 C, which I feel
> is too hot. The hard drive runs at 30-40 C, which I feel is OK.
> 
> I saw a posting by Andy Willis on OS2World
> 
> http://www.os2world.com/forum/index.php?topic=1434.0
> 
> in which he posted code to keep his computer cooler. Is anyone using this? I'm
> contemplating extending his work.
> 
> Does anyone else do something about running hot for these computers?
> 
> Neil

I actually got a fan replacement under warranty for my T61 when it went 
belly up.  I wonder if there may be some quality issues with the fans in 
the T6x models?

-- 
Chuck McKinnis
Sandia Park, NM
http://www.7cities.net/~mckinnis/
Open thou mine eyes, that I may behold wondrous things out of thy law. 
Psalm 119:18