On Thu, Nov 17, 2011 at 10:18 PM, Adam Williamson <awilliam@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > 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. Apparently too many customers just accept that but I wouldn't. I can run my HP as long as I want (full load) the fan spins up but it doesn't overheat. -- test mailing list test@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/test
