On Tuesday 25 May 2010 15:09:17 Robert wrote: > On Tue, 25 May 2010 13:50:57 -0400 > > Michael Seney <blowfis...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Getting back to the original question. Will this "really" ruin my > > laptop over time if I continue to run OpenBSD on it with ACPI > > disabled? > > unlikely. > your systems should regulate the fan on its own when needed, > even without an acpi enabled os. > if it is doin that, don't worry.
You can watch the temperature yourself: paladin ~/ham/ sysctl hw | grep temp hw.sensors.acpitz0.temp0=67.00 degC (zone temperature) hw.sensors.acpitz1.temp0=63.00 degC (zone temperature) hw.sensors.acpithinkpad0.temp0=67.00 degC hw.sensors.acpithinkpad0.temp1=54.00 degC hw.sensors.acpithinkpad0.temp2=38.00 degC hw.sensors.acpithinkpad0.temp3=74.00 degC hw.sensors.acpithinkpad0.temp4=40.00 degC hw.sensors.acpithinkpad0.temp6=35.00 degC hw.sensors.cpu0.temp0=58.00 degC hw.sensors.aps0.temp0=74.00 degC hw.sensors.aps0.temp1=74.00 degC temp3 on my Thinkpad W500 is the cpu temp. You can make a script to watch for that and do something if it gets too high. This thinkpad automatically shuts down past 92C, annoying but it will save the hardware. --STeve Andre'
