Date: Thu, 25 Oct 2001 15:19:47 +0100
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Anke Otto)
Subject: Re: [LIB] L50CT thermal shutdown
Hi again,
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> 2. Neil has previously recommended a bag of frozen peas
or
>Hehe won't the condensation and temperature gradient alone be
enough problem?
Don't know the detailed use instrucitons - I'll let Neil answer
that..
>> 4. You can by a little fan attached to a PCMCIA card -
again I
>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.
Shows you that I have never looked inside the PCMICA slot..
>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).
hmmm...
> install a harddisk with better heat characteristics -
ever
>I've got the original 770MB HDD in there ... waiting for
finances to improve (especially after my desktop upgrade I'm
planning soon)
I had thermal problems with my original 1.6GB drive too. That
was also a Toshiba drive (me thinks..)..
>to get a new one ... I'll keep the Hitachi one in mind. How
much do they go for at the moment?
I got one secondhand for ukp 90.00
>> 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?
Not sure. Even with the modem installed in the PCMCIA slot the
libby crashed much less if I was just using Office or other
software and not surf..
.. but I suspect the modem is certainly partialy to blame for
my problems.
>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!
Thanks for the link. I shall have another go then..
>I wonder what it'll do to battery usage when I use it tomorrow
...
hmmm - keep us posted.
>Thanks for the tips already!
Glad to help, back to lurk mode now.
Anke
Leeds, UK
