So many replies! On 06/08/2015 11:22 AM, Mick wrote: > On Monday 08 Jun 2015 13:03:53 James wrote: >> Franz Fellner <alpine.art.de <at> gmail.com> writes: >>> James wrote: >>>> There may be a generic processor fan you can mount/glue onto the chip >>>> for cooling. Make sure all other fans are running. Blow out the laptop >>>> with an air compressor.
I cleaned it when I took it apart and reapplied thermal paste (which worked wonders on the CPU and northbridge - idles at 35C ish now.) > > My laptop gets hot on big package emerge-fests, so on hot summer days I use a > desk fan to blow air at it from the side. The cooling effect is noticeable, > 4-5°C, or more if I recall right. I think I'm going to invest in one of those cooling "docks". There does appear to be vents in the general area of the southbridge chip, just no fan or heatsink. This laptop is still working fine, as in I don't notice hardware spottiness, so I'd rather not replace it. The processor itself is fine speed-wise. I'd rather spend $20 on a cooler versus $1000+ on a laptop. Cause I know when I go get one it'll be a quad core. :-) I've also set up a distcc farm with 16 threads, that speeds compiling right along. :-) > > I also use a vacuum cleaner to suck out any dust from cooling fins and the > entrance to CPU cooler once a week or so. I don't have pets any more, after the last pet died I didn't want to repeat the anguish. So I'm lucky in that regard, I don't get fuzz in the laptop. I was surprised how clean the fins on the heat pipe were, actually... > > This has kept it going for some years now (keeps fingers crossed). > I hope to get a few more years out of this laptop. Lately I don't even really use it that much compared to a year ago. Usually I set it up next to my desktop when systemd fails on my main machine after an upgrade (which has happened a few times in the past few months.) Dan
