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Am Sun, 07 Jun 2015 15:15:14 -0700 |
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schrieb Daniel Frey <djqfrey@×××××.com>: |
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> Hi all, |
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> Not really Gentoo-related (well except the overheating part - lots of |
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> compiling ;-) ) |
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> I have a very old laptop. It is an LG F1 laptop (circa 2005/2006 I |
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> believe) about nine years old. This has a Core2 1.6GHz chip and 4GB RAM, |
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> even though it only sees 3GB (that should tell you it's pretty old!) |
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> |
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> Anyway, I noticed during my last compile-fest on my laptop (reinstalled, |
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> switched to systemd for testing) that a corner of the laptop is getting |
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> really hot. We are talking a fair bit of heat here, you can't keep it on |
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> your lap when it warms up. |
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> So I took it apart yesterday, figuring I should re-do the thermal paste. |
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> During this process, I discovered it's the southbridge ICH chip that's |
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> overheating. There's no cooler at all on this chip (the northbridge and |
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> CPU have heat piping), it's a bare chip. |
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> Now, I suspect there's not much I can do about this given it being a |
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> laptop and I might have to resign myself to the fact that I'm going to |
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> have to buy a laptop later this year/early next year. |
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> I am curious though, what causes this chip to overheat, and can I do |
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> something about it? |
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> I'm using lm_sensors, which doesn't provide a temperature for this |
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> particular chip. I've monitored processes and nothing really stands out. |
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> I've even tried disabling plasma, no luck. |
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> Dan |
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With a Fujitsu Lifebook A530 that I lent from the University I had the problem |
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that it can overheat and actually shut down. However, I semi-recently |
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discovered thermald, which has (in its default configuration state) |
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successfully kept it from overheating. It can still get hot where the CPU is |
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(sensors say around 80°C), but never enough to actually overheat and shut down, |
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and with long running emerges, it gets more proactive such that the laptop |
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starts cooling down by 10-20°. Maybe this tool can help further (especially if |
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you configure it explicitly)? |
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HTH |
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-- |
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Marc Joliet |
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"People who think they know everything really annoy those of us who know we |
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don't" - Bjarne Stroustrup |
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