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Re: About the laptops ...



On Wed, Aug 21, 2002 at 01:57:18PM +0100, Alessandro Speranza wrote:
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> 
> I can't keep mine [laptop, ed] on for too long, despite having all the
> latest acpi patches on a self-compiled 2.4.18 kernel. The CPU
> temperature, I think, is what causes mine to crash if I keep it on for
> too long (even throttling when I take a cigarette break)

Sounds like your fan(s) aren't working hard enough. If it's a Dell, then
the i8kutils package might help you keep the temperature down.

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Karl E. Jørgensen
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