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sympa bounced this once (see below); hopefully, this time it'll make it. :-\
- -------- Original Message -------- Subject: Laptop CPU Temps (WAS: Re: [newbie] [EMAIL PROTECTED] install/setup) Date: Fri, 06 Aug 2004 14:00:15 -0500 From: Chuck MATTSEN <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] References: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Len Lawrence wrote: | Chuck MATTSEN <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: | |>Back in my heavy Windows-using days (which wasn't very long ago at |>all), I briefly ran some protein analysis program (United Devices, |>or something similar). I may look into it again soon. (If you're |>referring to a different outfit, yes, please repost the link.) My |>only concern right now is that, though I've got CPU cycles to spare, |>I'm a little paranoid about the high CPU drain with respect to the |>heat it seems to produce on this relatively new laptop. :) | | Know what you mean. My laptop overheats as well. Watching DVDs is a pain | on my Sony VAIO because it freezes after an hour or so into the film. I | rarely run mine anyway for longer than two hours.
Hmmm. I've not had any problems with the laptop freezing (yet), nor any instability, over these past 5-6 months of operation. It wasn't until I started running both [EMAIL PROTECTED] and the gkrellm CPU temp monitor yesterday. ~ I grew concerned because I saw the temp jump from its baseline (with my usual mail, browser, etc., running) of the 50 C. range up to the mid- to high-70s C. range with the CPU maxed and running [EMAIL PROTECTED]
I'm not certain what the unstable/dangerous range would be for it (an Athlon XP-M 2600+ on this Compaq Presario 2175US notebook), but I apparently haven't reached it (I suspect it's mid-80s and higher, but that guesstimate is just that from my /very/ limited search for info). In any case, I became concerned about temps yesterday but apparently needn't be, in that I've also just noticed that I get the same temp spikes with xscreensaver running, and I've been doing that for 8+ hours per day for most of those 5 months or so.
Still, longevity/stability is a concern, so it deserves more research.
| The [EMAIL PROTECTED] link is http://folding.stanford.edu
Danke.
- -- Chuck MATTSEN / [EMAIL PROTECTED] / Mahnomen, MN / RLU #346519 Mandrakelinux release 10.1 (Alpha 1) for i586 kernel 2.6.3-9mdk MT Lookup: http://eot.com/~mattsen/mtsearch.htm
Random Thought/Quote for this Message: ~ All things change; nothing is extinguished.
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