Sorry for not doing my homework properly... I came across threads on lenovo forums which discuss this issue with the wireless adapter overheating, and it appears to be a common problem across X60 and X61 laptops.
The only difference here is -- on Windows XP, the right palmrest heat is bearable, but under OpenBSD, it just gets too hot for comfort. To rephrase, is there something that can be done on OpenBSD that will reduce this heat? (an alternative OS-neutral solution is to use a USB powered fan that cools that right side constantly!) -Amarendra ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Amarendra Godbole <amarendra.godb...@gmail.com> Date: Mon, Feb 9, 2009 at 1:05 PM Subject: laptop heating due to wpi(4)? To: OpenBSD general usage list <misc@openbsd.org> i recently started using intel wireless on my thinkpad x60, through the wpi(4) driver. earlier, i had heating issues, which were resolved by setting hw.setperf to 0, but now i again see my laptop heating up -- especially below my right palm. temperature sensor outputs from sysctl shows: hw.sensors.acpitz0.temp0=60.05 degC (zone temperature) hw.sensors.acpitz1.temp0=60.05 degC (zone temperature) hw.sensors.cpu0.temp0=58.00 degC hw.sensors.wpi0.raw0=155 (temperature 0 - 285) hw.sensors.aps0.temp0=57.00 degC hw.sensors.aps0.temp1=57.00 degC wpi shows 155, which is roughly 68 deg C. is the heating because of wpi? that's what has changed. any pointers to cooling down the laptop will be appreciated. dmesg, if needed, is here http://www.obscure.org/~amunix/tmp/dmesg thanks. -amarendra
