Date: Thu, 25 Oct 2001 22:02:16 +0800 From: Raymond <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [LIB] L50CT thermal shutdown
> 2. Neil has previously recommended a bag of frozen peas or > similar ;-)) under the Libby.. not tried that ;-) Hehe won't the condensation and temperature gradient alone be enough problem? > 4. You can by a little fan attached to a PCMCIA card - again I > haven't used this, and wouldn't want to tie up the PCMCIA slot > like that anyway.. I've seen those, I don't know how well it'll work in a Libby though given the PCMCIA slot is completely covered inside by a plastic sheet between it and the Libby's motherboard. > 5. The more radical, but in the long run more effective > solution I found, is to find a modem that does not run as hot > as some (I had a 3com and a Megaherz PCMCIA modem which run > very hot- now I use a Motorola one which seems better), and to It goes into thermal shutdown even when I have nothing in the PCMCIA slot (not even the blanking plate, left that out hoping it'll encourage a bit of airflow). > install a harddisk with better heat characteristics - ever > since I have installed a Hitachi 20GB disk into my Libby 70 it > has had much less crashes, or at least has given me more time > between crashes ;-(. The previous disk was a Toshiba 6GB disk, > which was running extremely hot. I've got the original 770MB HDD in there ... waiting for finances to improve (especially after my desktop upgrade I'm planning soon) to get a new one ... I'll keep the Hitachi one in mind. How much do they go for at the moment? > I found I got the most heat crashes during extended surfing on > the web... Would that be caused by just the continued use or would that also be the modem? > >I'm embarking on testing Rain, Waterfall Pro and CPUIdle at > the moment ... anyone got any hints/suggestions/pitfalls > regarding running these programs on older >computers like the > Libby50CT? > > I used CPUIdle under Win95 and was happy with that. Couldn't > find a version of Rain or Waterfall that I could get to work or > even install ;-( I just downloaded Rain 2.0 from www.benchtest.com/downloads and it installed first go ... I've only used it for 2 hours but in that time its not crashed plus the Libby is actually running quite cool already. Granted, its doing buggerall at the moment but on the other hand in that same time previously it would have frozen 4 times! I wonder what it'll do to battery usage when I use it tomorrow ... > >*sigh* perhaps clocking it to 100MHz might not have been that > good an idea given the climate here ... hehe > > emm.. note, my Libby is not overclocked... > Have fun Will do ;-) Thanks for the tips already! - Raymond --- /~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~\ | | "Does fuzzy logic tickle?" | | ___ | "My HDD has no reverse. How do I backup?" | | /__/ +-------------------------------------------| | / \ a y b o t | [EMAIL PROTECTED] | | | HTTP://www.raybot.net | | ICQ: 31756092 | Need help? Visit #Windows98 on DALNet! | \~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~/ ************************************************************** http://libretto.basiclink.com - Libretto mailing list http://libretto.basiclink.com/archive - Archives http://www.picante.com/~gtaylor/portable/faq.html - FAQ -------TO UNSUBSCRIBE------- Reply to any of the list messages. The reply mail should be addressed to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Then replace any text on the message's subject line: cmd:unsubscribe --------TO UNSUBSCRIBE DIGEST------ Do above but with this on subject line: cmd:unsubscribe digest **************************************************************
