On Mon, May 06, 2002 at 09:55:17PM -0400, Seneca wrote:
| On Mon, May 06, 2002 at 06:03:39PM -0500, dman wrote:
| > On Wed, May 01, 2002 at 10:15:36PM -0400, Seneca Cunningham wrote:
| >
| > | So, something I was wondering about would generally be considered a
| > | maximum "safe" load average.
| >
| > I often run between .5 and 1 on my two machines (one desktop one
| > laptop). One is my mail server, web server, desktop, and both are
| > music boxes. When I'm not doing anything the load is less. The lower
| > your load average the better; the less your system will be working and
| > the better responsiveness you'll get (in addition to cooler
| > operation).
|
| How bad a sign is it when a single laptop heats a 50m^3 room,
[snipped nice description of what you don't want]
| Any suggestions on how to cool this thing down (other than removing the
| builtin keyboard and putting bags of ice on the heatsink (I can't afford
| the ice or the external keyboard)). Other than a new computer or
| upgraded hardware, I can't afford it.
What services is that system running? It sounds like you're trying to
push the machine way too far. How powerful is it (CPU, RAM)?
-D
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