[Tfug] SuSE Overheating & Console OGG/MP3 Ripping

[Adrian]

On Sunday 10 July 2005 17:32, Bill M. wrote:

> I've noticed some heat build up issues since the change to SuSE: tried 
> using Grip in KDE and the rip and encode got part way through, then SuSE 
> reported immediate shutdown because of heat. Happened two times on 
> different days. I was at home with the swamp cooler on. I haven't 
> checked the laptop's exhaust fans yet.
> 

The Inspiron 5150 series have had a bad problem with overheating. The CPU 
heatsink becomes easily clogged with dust/hair and then dies a horrible 
death...

http://forums.us.dell.com/supportforums/board/message?board.id=insp_general&message.id=156785&query.id=285521#M156785

Of course... its seems all the Dells (and seemingly all other laptops) have 
this same basic problem. I personally use i8kctl to turn on the fans and keep 
them going. I put an "i8kfan 2 1" in my rc.init, so at bootup the fans 
automatically turn on and keep things cool. Unfortunately, the BIOS still 
likes to turn them back off, but a quick script watching the fan status would 
fix that.

Adrain