I run a 15-year-old Windows/NT V4.0, "backed up" (and restored occasionally!) by a 17-year-old V6.22 MS-DOS. My system is a "flat" desktop (not a "tower") with its power-supply fan and a 13-CFM extra fan, thanks to my old 85-watt AMD 2100 CPU. TOO MUCH, so now I have a 45 watt AMD 3000+, which never goes over 40 degrees centigrade with its "stock AMD" CPU fan, the power- supply fan, and my "extra boy" on the back of the case.
With the above hardware and software, I HAVE NEVER had any DOS or Windows/NT program cause overheating, merely from my system "sitting there" and no-matter WHAT "idle loop" was being used! I have absolutely NO "power management" software, and all BIOS options to "control" power are disabled or turned-off! Even with my "hot running" 2100+, it never got over 60-C, far below AMD's 85-C design limit for those 10-year-old chips! Absolutely NO "self respecting" computer, or computer program, should at-all REQUIRE using "FDAPM" or any equivalents! What has happened to Industrial RESPONSIBILITY, i.e. making systems that RUN, WITHOUT requiring such "Band Aid" power software??!! In my opinion, and "laptop" OR NOT, any computer that DOES get too hot just "sitting there" is a HOPELESS piece of TRASH that should be sent back for a REFUND (if possible!), or should get the solution that "DOS386" voiced on this forum (in one word!) about my ATROCIOUS medical bills, 4 months ago: KALASHNIKOV!! ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ All of the data generated in your IT infrastructure is seriously valuable. Why? It contains a definitive record of application performance, security threats, fraudulent activity, and more. Splunk takes this data and makes sense of it. IT sense. And common sense. http://p.sf.net/sfu/splunk-d2dcopy2 _______________________________________________ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
