what's too hot?

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dclee012 · #1 Post by **dclee012** » Sat Jun 05, 2004 2:19 am

does the thinkpad (T42) beep when temperatures get too hot?
mine just got a little over 72C, hd temp is 50C

#2 Post by **BillMorrow** » Sat Jun 05, 2004 2:29 am

uhmm, what is that in F..?

in the past, heat should not make a thinkpad "beep" at you..

FWIW, they DO get hot under/around the touchpad..
from the video chip..

akerman · #3 Post by **akerman** » Sat Jun 05, 2004 6:45 am

heh.. mine's been at 89 degrees celsius .. that's about the time where it crashes.

bill->
http://www.google.com/search?q=72+celsi ... 8&oe=utf-8

edit: what does FWIW stand for?

edit2: oh, "for what it's worth"

google helped me again
http://www.google.com/search?num=20&hl= ... tnG=Search

#4 Post by **BillMorrow** » Sat Jun 05, 2004 9:08 am

c'mon..

i was being lazy.. and a bit tired from the late hour..
too lazy to pick up my near 20 year old h/p business consultant-II calculator and run the conversion..

ryan · #5 Post by **ryan** » Fri Jun 18, 2004 2:00 pm

anyone have a definitive answer for this?

cynic · #6 Post by **cynic** » Fri Jun 18, 2004 3:15 pm

T40p here. I've run SETI@home for months at a time (which puts the processor at a 100% load) and never had a problem, so why wonder "what's too hot?" The system cools itself down when it gets too hot and the palm rest (right-hand side) never gets above mildly warm (especially when tranferring 30GB back and forth so it is spinning and writing constantly)

If anyone actually fears that their laptop is crashing due to heat, contact IBM. These laptops are meant to work without heat issues (that is, after all, why they have cooling systems.)

wolfpack · #7 Post by **wolfpack** » Fri Jun 18, 2004 3:21 pm

The formula is F=32+1.8C

So, 89C is 192.2F
72C is 161.6F
50C is 122F

Hope this help,

Wolfpack
THinkpads.com newbie

#8 Post by **BillMorrow** » Fri Jun 18, 2004 5:37 pm

heat from palm rest is graphics processor, not cpu..

Nabeel · #9 Post by **Nabeel** » Fri Jun 18, 2004 6:10 pm

So what's the max temp it can run until the CPU basically melts?

I know on my desktop Athlon XP 1700+, they say the max temp is about 90deg C, then the processor gets damaged.

I heart 120 for the Pentium M, but I'm not sure. Anyone know?

jephhy · #10 Post by **jephhy** » Fri Jun 18, 2004 6:24 pm

Thermal diode will shut off processor before anything bad happens. If you really want to know, look up thermal and electrical specs for the product...

Jeff

krosenstein · #11 Post by **krosenstein** » Fri Jun 18, 2004 6:33 pm

According to this:

http://www.intel.com/performance/resour ... nology.pdf

The max. juntion temp. is 100C.

Sci-Clone · #12 Post by **Sci-Clone** » Fri Jun 18, 2004 7:44 pm

that's boiling water temperature. I don't think you want your cpu at that temp

. I grew up in Brazil (we use Celsius)... we know all about the celsius....

eriqesque · #13 Post by **eriqesque** » Fri Jun 18, 2004 8:55 pm

well we really don't have to wirry about it.
That's the beauty of an Intel processor is that they will throtle back if it gets to hot.

cynic · #14 Post by **cynic** » Sun Jun 20, 2004 4:40 pm

morrow wrote:heat from palm rest is graphics processor, not cpu..

Nope, hard drive (right-hand side on a T series)

#15 Post by **BillMorrow** » Sun Jun 20, 2004 7:03 pm

cynic wrote:
morrow wrote:heat from palm rest is graphics processor, not cpu..
Nope, hard drive (right-hand side on a T series)

no, graphics cpu..

thats why the long fan for the 128meg nuke'em video chips..
now i could be wrong, but this is what i remember from the last time i was under the hood..

video chip is right there under the touchpad..

eriqesque · #16 Post by **eriqesque** » Sun Jun 20, 2004 7:16 pm

Actually the wireless card in the T series is right under the trackpad and the GPU is above that kinda under the space bar and the trackpoin select buttons.

dclee012 · #17 Post by **dclee012** » Sun Jun 20, 2004 8:22 pm

is there a special fan just for models w/ the 128mb video card? (t41/42)

#18 Post by **BillMorrow** » Sun Jun 20, 2004 8:53 pm

eriqesque wrote:Actually the wireless card in the T series is right under the trackpad and the GPU is above that kinda under the space bar and the trackpoin select buttons.

you're right..!

only one fan..

it is assumed that the longer fan accomodates the increased heat from the fire GL 9600 128meg super duper special whoopdeedo chip..

ian · #19 Post by **ian** » Mon Jun 21, 2004 12:10 am

Hey Bill, I'm SO tempted to ring IBM and ask them "Oh hello, could you please give me an FRU on the 128meg super duper special whoopdeedo chip...can't find it anywhere in the UNO handbook" Trouble is, they'd probably have me certified...

#20 Post by **BillMorrow** » Mon Jun 21, 2004 12:34 am

its in the addendum to the ADDENDUM to the TABOOK, the BIRDBOOK..

akerman · #21 Post by **akerman** » Mon Jun 21, 2004 3:02 am

Yeah but the touch pad is in the middle.. right beneath your right hand, is the hd-bay

I find that my palmrest is heated when the hard drive is working a bit, without any graphics intensive apps running at all.. so in my case it's most likely the hd.

edit: it's a good idea, to check page two, before you comment 8((

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