---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: John <[email protected]> Date: Wed, 22 Apr 2009 00:41:20 +1245 Subject: Re: [Debian-eeepc-devel] Running Eee with lid closed considered harmful? To: Ben Armstrong <[email protected]>
On 22/04/2009, Ben Armstrong <[email protected]> wrote: > On Tue, 21 Apr 2009 12:28:55 +0200 > Santi Béjar <[email protected]> wrote: >> It has been discussed in the past. The main issue is that the Eee uses >> the keyboard to cool the machine, so the only sane/safe thing to do is >> to suspend. >> >> You can always, at your own risk, modify the action in >> /etc/acpi/actions/lid.sh. > > I think the risks may be somewhat overstated, so we need to be clearer > on this point. Please supply evidence that this is harmful. My > experience with the model 4G is that it is safe to leave the lid closed > along as you apply some common sense. > > My Eee is now nearly a year and a half old. In that time, I have more > than once accidentally left the lid closed with the system running > *and* left it in that state in my not-well-ventilated bag. Upon > discovering this hours later, the temperature was reported to be around > 68C. There is no evidence that the system sustained any damage from > these events. Granted, this is only one data point, so you can't draw > any general conclusions from it. However, it suggests that if you > exercise some prudence (i.e. don't leave it running with the lid > closed and run something CPU-intensive and/or block the vent) there > should be no problem running it with the lid closed, even for extended > periods of time. > > Ben My 701 runs all the time (currently 5 days) with the lid closed, but out of it's bag when it's not traveling with me. It is acting as a server and I control it by ssh -X from a big old laptop that has a decent keyboard and screen size. It has not (so far) caused any heat-related problems. There is an issue with the sound going "strange" in the browser player on the remote machine when left to itself overnight, but I just re-start the browser to fix that. Slainte, John -- My house for sale in Peru. http://www.580elbosque.idimo.net --------------------------------- Become a serious teacher by clicking this link and registering here - I did and now I am earning - http://www.seriousteachers.com/teachers.asp?IdTeacherPartner=1085695 ################################# Ayer es historia. Mañana un misterio. Hoy es un regalo. Es por ello que es llamado el presente!! Creo que esta vida es especial Vivela..........!!!!!!!! _______________________________________________ Debian-eeepc-devel mailing list [email protected] http://lists.alioth.debian.org/mailman/listinfo/debian-eeepc-devel
