On 08/06/2015 06:05, James wrote: > Daniel Frey <djqfrey <at> gmail.com> writes: > >> Hi all, > >> I am curious though, what causes this chip to overheat, and can I do >> something about it? > > There may be a generic processor fan you can mount/glue onto the chip > for cooling. Make sure all other fans are running. Blow out the laptop > with an air compressor. Sometime to add more cooling, I'd get a couple of > pieces of 1/2" x 1/2" wood and place under the laptop to increase the air > space under the laptop for increase air circulation. > > HAVIT® HV-F2056 15.6"-17" Laptop Cooler - Three Quiet 110mm Fans at 1,000RPM, > > Last, I think some folks make a "cooling pad" for laptops. If you have > agressive compile options (like mine MAKEOPTS="-j9 -l9") in your > make.conf, slow them way down (-j1) etc.
Good advice. When designing their latop, LG probably never considered what Gentoo users would do to it :-) > > >> I'm using lm_sensors, which doesn't provide a temperature for this >> particular chip. I've monitored processes and nothing really stands out. >> I've even tried disabling plasma, no luck. > > > hth, > James > -- Alan McKinnon [email protected]
