Dell Latitude C640, very hot!
Hi I've got a Dell Latitude C640, with FreeBSD 5.4 stable. It works well, except for this: After a cuple of hours up and running it gets really hot. My fingers almost gets burned when I touch the harddirve, memory etc! According to `sysctl hw.acpi.thermal.tz0.temperature` the cpu-temperature is usually about 50-60 degrees C. Which I consider i normal, but is it normal for the rest of the devices to be so hot? Is there someone else who has the same problem which I do with a simular computer? -Tobias ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Dell Latitude C640, very hot!
Tobias Fendin wrote: I've got a Dell Latitude C640, with FreeBSD 5.4 stable. It works well, except for this: After a cuple of hours up and running it gets really hot. My fingers almost gets burned when I touch the harddirve, memory etc! According to `sysctl hw.acpi.thermal.tz0.temperature` the cpu-temperature is usually about 50-60 degrees C. Which I consider i normal, but is it normal for the rest of the devices to be so hot? Is there someone else who has the same problem which I do with a simular computer? I have a C600 that gets very hot too. On a buildworld, it get's up to 180f before fan kicks in. The bottom is too hot to touch. -- Regards, Doug ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Dell Latitude C640, very hot!
On 22 Jun 2005 at 19:21, Doug Poland wrote: Tobias Fendin wrote: I've got a Dell Latitude C640, with FreeBSD 5.4 stable. It works well, except for this: After a cuple of hours up and running it gets really hot. My fingers almost gets burned when I touch the harddirve, memory etc! According to `sysctl hw.acpi.thermal.tz0.temperature` the cpu-temperature is usually about 50-60 degrees C. Which I consider i normal, but is it normal for the rest of the devices to be so hot? Is there someone else who has the same problem which I do with a simular computer? I have a C600 that gets very hot too. On a buildworld, it get's up to 180f before fan kicks in. The bottom is too hot to touch. Yes, it's normal for these machines to get very hot to the touch. As long as the fans come on appropriately and the CPU temp stays in the normal range you should be okay (if a bit warm). We had customers complain that they'd used the machines on their knees and gotten blistered. The only answer is, Don't do that. I know that's not very satisfactory, but it's a good machine otherwise and you just have to know its shortcomings. I understand that the newer D-series machines are better, but I'm no longer with Dell Portables Engineering and don't have access to data on them. -- Jerry Dunham M3 Design, Inc. [EMAIL PROTECTED] (512) 218-8858 ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
