Re: [gentoo-user] Re: OT: Southbridge chip on laptop overheating

2015-06-11 Thread Daniel Frey
On 06/07/2015 09:05 PM, James wrote: > HAVITĀ® HV-F2056 15.6"-17" Laptop Cooler - Three Quiet 110mm Fans at 1,000RPM, > > Last, I think some folks make a "cooling pad" for laptops. If you have > agressive compile options (like mine MAKEOPTS="-j9 -l9") in your > make.conf, slow them way down (-j1)

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: OT: Southbridge chip on laptop overheating

2015-06-08 Thread Daniel Frey
On 06/07/2015 09:05 PM, James wrote: > > Last, I think some folks make a "cooling pad" for laptops. If you have > agressive compile options (like mine MAKEOPTS="-j9 -l9") in your > make.conf, slow them way down (-j1) etc. > I picked up one of these in the store today: http://www.newegg.ca/Prod

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: OT: Southbridge chip on laptop overheating

2015-06-08 Thread Daniel Frey
So many replies! On 06/08/2015 11:22 AM, Mick wrote: > On Monday 08 Jun 2015 13:03:53 James wrote: >> Franz Fellner 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 l

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: OT: Southbridge chip on laptop overheating

2015-06-08 Thread Mick
On Monday 08 Jun 2015 13:03:53 James wrote: > Franz Fellner 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. > > > > If you rea

RE: [gentoo-user] Re: OT: Southbridge chip on laptop overheating

2015-06-07 Thread Franz Fellner
James wrote: > Daniel Frey gmail.com> writes: > > > Hi all, > > > I am curious though, what causes this chip to overheat, and can I do > > something about it? > > 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

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: OT: Southbridge chip on laptop overheating

2015-06-07 Thread Alan McKinnon
On 08/06/2015 06:05, James wrote: > Daniel Frey gmail.com> writes: > >> Hi all, > >> I am curious though, what causes this chip to overheat, and can I do >> something about it? > > There may be a generic processor fan you can mount/glue onto the chip > for cooling. Make sure all other fans are