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

[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 running. Blow out the laptop
> with an air compressor. Sometime to add more cooling, I'd get a couple of
> pieces of 1/2" x 1/2" wood and place under the laptop to increase the air
> space under the laptop for increase air circulation.
>
> HAVIT® 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.

Good advice.

When designing their latop, LG probably never considered what Gentoo
users would do to it :-)
>
>
>> I'm using lm_sensors, which doesn't provide a temperature for this
>> particular chip. I've monitored processes and nothing really stands out.
>> I've even tried disabling plasma, no luck.
>
>
> hth,
> James
>


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