On Sat, 12 Jul 2008 13:25:56 +0300, Dotan Cohen wrote > 2008/7/10 Ami Chayun <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > Hi, > > I installed Hardy on a friend's new Thinkpad X61 laptop, and I'm facing a > > serious problem. > > The laptop's hard drive heats up to unbearable temperature (hddtemp shows > > numbers over 50 degrees). When running smartctls, the hdd's Load_Cycle_Count > > is increased in an alarming rate. > > The web is filled with contradicting information on the effect. The > > (somewhat) > > official information I dug is: > > http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=795327 > > and > > https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/acpi-support/+bug/59695 > > The solutions offered there doesn't seem to help much. > > > > I remember this as an Ubuntu issue a while back, but I didn't expect to see > > it > > in 8.04. > > > > I'd appreciate any suggestions to debug and solve this, > > Ami > > > > On my Dell Inspiron I only notice the issue when on battery power, > not on mains. Identify if this is the case with your Thinkpad. I > have not yet found a solution for my Inspiron, and it persists in > 8.04 as well for me. I just try to use mains as often as possible. > > Dotan Cohen > > http://what-is-what.com > http://gibberish.co.il > [UTF-8?]×-×-×-×-×-×-×-×-×-×-×-×-×-×-×-×-× -ס-×¢-×£-פ-×¥-צ- > [UTF-8?]ק-ר-ש-ת > > A: Because it messes up the order in which people normally read text. > Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing?
When the laptop is connected to mains, the loadcount stabilizes somewhat (and also, only after running 'hdparm -B 200 /dev/sda'). The temperature is still crazy at 53 degrees on idle (and a well conditioned room). Ami ================================================================= To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word "unsubscribe" in the message body, e.g., run the command echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]