2008/7/10 Ami Chayun <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Hi, > I installed Hardy on a friend's new Thinkpad X61 laptop, and I'm facing a > serious problem. > The laptop's hard drive heats up to unbearable temperature (hddtemp shows > numbers over 50 degrees). When running smartctls, the hdd's Load_Cycle_Count > is increased in an alarming rate. > The web is filled with contradicting information on the effect. The (somewhat) > official information I dug is: > http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=795327 > and > https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/acpi-support/+bug/59695 > The solutions offered there doesn't seem to help much. > > I remember this as an Ubuntu issue a while back, but I didn't expect to see it > in 8.04. > > I'd appreciate any suggestions to debug and solve this, > Ami >
On my Dell Inspiron I only notice the issue when on battery power, not on mains. Identify if this is the case with your Thinkpad. I have not yet found a solution for my Inspiron, and it persists in 8.04 as well for me. I just try to use mains as often as possible. Dotan Cohen http://what-is-what.com http://gibberish.co.il א-ב-ג-ד-ה-ו-ז-ח-ט-י-ך-כ-ל-ם-מ-ן-נ-ס-ע-ף-פ-ץ-צ-ק-ר-ש-ת A: Because it messes up the order in which people normally read text. Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing?
