Re: [gentoo-user] Re: OT: Southbridge chip on laptop overheating

2015-06-11 Thread Daniel Frey
On 06/07/2015 09:05 PM, James wrote: HAVITĀ® HV-F2056 15.6-17 Laptop Cooler - Three Quiet 110mm Fans at 1,000RPM, Last, I think some folks make a cooling pad for laptops. If you have agressive compile options (like mine MAKEOPTS=-j9 -l9) in your make.conf, slow them way down (-j1) etc.

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: OT: Southbridge chip on laptop overheating

2015-06-08 Thread Mick
On Monday 08 Jun 2015 13:03:53 James wrote: Franz Fellner alpine.art.de at gmail.com writes: James wrote: There may be a generic processor fan you can mount/glue onto the chip for cooling. Make sure all other fans are running. Blow out the laptop with an air compressor. If you

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: OT: Southbridge chip on laptop overheating

2015-06-08 Thread Daniel Frey
So many replies! On 06/08/2015 11:22 AM, Mick wrote: On Monday 08 Jun 2015 13:03:53 James wrote: Franz Fellner alpine.art.de at gmail.com writes: James wrote: There may be a generic processor fan you can mount/glue onto the chip for cooling. Make sure all other fans are running. Blow out the

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: OT: Southbridge chip on laptop overheating

2015-06-08 Thread Daniel Frey
On 06/07/2015 09:05 PM, James wrote: Last, I think some folks make a cooling pad for laptops. If you have agressive compile options (like mine MAKEOPTS=-j9 -l9) in your make.conf, slow them way down (-j1) etc. I picked up one of these in the store today:

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: OT: Southbridge chip on laptop overheating

2015-06-07 Thread Alan McKinnon
On 08/06/2015 06:05, James wrote: Daniel Frey djqfrey at gmail.com writes: Hi all, I am curious though, what causes this chip to overheat, and can I do something about it? There may be a generic processor fan you can mount/glue onto the chip for cooling. Make sure all other fans are

RE: [gentoo-user] Re: OT: Southbridge chip on laptop overheating

2015-06-07 Thread Franz Fellner
James wrote: Daniel Frey djqfrey at gmail.com writes: Hi all, I am curious though, what causes this chip to overheat, and can I do something about it? There may be a generic processor fan you can mount/glue onto the chip for cooling. Make sure all other fans are running. Blow out