On Thu, 2011-11-17 at 21:43 +0100, drago01 wrote: > On Thu, Nov 17, 2011 at 9:37 PM, Adam Williamson <awilliam@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > On Thu, 2011-11-17 at 12:06 +0100, drago01 wrote: > >> On Tue, Nov 15, 2011 at 9:15 PM, Adam Williamson <awilliam@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > >> > On Mon, 2011-11-14 at 00:24 +0530, Rahul Sundaram wrote: > >> > > >> >> Perhaps, you can file a bug report? It seems there is a problem that > >> >> causes your system to overheat and unless you are already that it is a > >> >> hardware problem, it is better to get the problem fixed rather than > >> >> workaround it. > >> > > >> > Well, some systems are just badly designed and won't run at full power > >> > for extended periods without overheating. I had a laptop like that once. > >> > My 'workaround' was to buy a cooling pad. > >> > >> Wouldn't it be a better fix to get to the vendor (assuming it is still > >> under warranty) and demand either the money back or a fix? > >> I doubt it takes that long to discover such issues so I don't get why > >> people end up having such devices for a longer period of time. > > > > The vendor just tells you 'consumer laptops aren't designed to use full > > CPU power for extended periods'. I've tried. > > Huh? ... Which vendor was that? (To add to my "not buy from" list ;) ) Mine was a Lenovo (not a Thinkpad), but as Smooge says, this is pretty much standard practice. -- Adam Williamson Fedora QA Community Monkey IRC: adamw | Twitter: AdamW_Fedora | identi.ca: adamwfedora http://www.happyassassin.net -- test mailing list test@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/test
