> Date: Wed, 04 Jun 2008 10:01:47 -0700 > From: Doug Barton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sender: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Richard Arends wrote: > > On Wed, Jun 04, 2008 at 07:45:12AM -0500, Josh Paetzel wrote: > > > > Hi, > > > >> I'm interested in whatever cooling solutions people have... > > I didn't follow this thread earlier because I don't have this laptop, > but I wonder if anyone has offered the suggestion to blow out all the > vents and heatsinks with compressed air yet? Even in a fairly "healthy" > environment at home my laptop gets a non-trivial amount of dust buildup. > I blow it clean about once a month and get visible results each time.
Amen, Doug. I post this advise fairly routinely. For my ThinkPad, I just remove the keyboard (4 screws) and blow into the exhaust ports. I know that I would be better off with compressed air, but my lungs are hand and available and, the small amount of contamination they input is dwarfed by the massive cloud of dust that blasts out of the air intake in the heat sink assembly. Low tech and only takes about 15 minutes. I do it annually or when the CPU temp hits 90 during a big build (such as buildworld or gnome). -- R. Kevin Oberman, Network Engineer Energy Sciences Network (ESnet) Ernest O. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Phone: +1 510 486-8634 Key fingerprint:059B 2DDF 031C 9BA3 14A4 EADA 927D EBB3 987B 3751
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