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Date: Sun, 24 Jan 2010 13:04:58 +0100 (CET)
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Subject: Re: [eCS T60/T61] T60 runs pretty hot

Hello Neil,
On Sat, 23 Jan 2010 08:34:24 -0800, 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?
I'm using the CPU throttle program from Hobbes (CPUspeed 1.4) to keep
my R60 Thinkpad cool. At the moment the temperature is 46 C, it's in
use for a couple of hours now. I used OpenOffice, Seamonkey and Z! is
playing a radio stream. This works very well with ACPI 3.18. If only my
system wouldn't hang from time to time, sigh. 

I tried using CPUspeed with a netbook, but I was not able to throttle
the Atom N280 CPU. The program gives the following message, "This CPU
supports 1 stpes for throttling".

Kind regards,
Frank