From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S261185AbVBFV7a (ORCPT ); Sun, 6 Feb 2005 16:59:30 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S261228AbVBFV7a (ORCPT ); Sun, 6 Feb 2005 16:59:30 -0500 Received: from main.gmane.org ([80.91.229.2]:32427 "EHLO ciao.gmane.org") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S261185AbVBFV7Z (ORCPT ); Sun, 6 Feb 2005 16:59:25 -0500 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org From: Giuseppe Bilotta Subject: Re: Dell Inspiron sensors (was: Re: Huge unreliability - does Linux have something to do with it?) Date: Sun, 6 Feb 2005 22:58:30 +0100 Message-ID: References: <5a2cf1f605020401037aa610b9@mail.gmail.com> <20050204121817.GA7721@animx.eu.org> <1107709117.3828.6.camel@crazytrain> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-15" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: ppp-140-151.29-151.libero.it User-Agent: MicroPlanet-Gravity/2.70.2067 X-Gmane-MailScanner: Found to be clean X-Gmane-MailScanner: Found to be clean X-MailScanner-From: glk-linux-kernel@m.gmane.org X-MailScanner-To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org kernel wrote: > You might want to try this; > > Remove the keyboard, remove the cover beneath. Take a can of air dust > (or equivalent) and *carefully* blow out the inside of the laptop. > > -then- > > Look at the back side and the right side of the laptop. You'll see the > intake for air and the A/C unit. Take that air dust and blow in such > that the plastic fan whirls away. Take a snapshot of the dust bunnies > and send them to Dell. > > I have a 5150 Inspiron. In less than 1 year this thing started powering > off (hard) on its own, no matter the OS installed (multi-boot). I dug > around the 'net and found similar issues, all relating to OVERHEATING. > Poorly designed was the culprit, but Dell has not yet admitted to this > (but look at the Dell Linux forum or just Dell laptop forum and see > Dell's techs replies) - think of the numbers sold and it makes sense. Thank you very much for the pointers. I had just reached the same conclusion this afternoon, when pissed off by finding the CPU was at 85 C despite the fans being on at the max I did exactly what you suggest; although I didn't find any dust bunny, a thorough cleanup and blowing plus some toothpicking of hair and whatnot, I find myself with a computer that is running finely --again :) Too bad, I'll need another excuse to buy myself the new hard disk ... What about the sensors? -- Giuseppe "Oblomov" Bilotta Can't you see It all makes perfect sense Expressed in dollar and cents Pounds shillings and pence (Roger Waters)