-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Gnu-Raiz wrote: >> "David R. Litwin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> I have a year old Toshiba Intel Mobil P4 laptop using Sid. > > Does your laptop get hot under load? My wife has a Pentium M that > burned out two motherboards, when used to crunch RC5-72. > > I look at it like this, if a computer is left on it might as well be > doing something, might as well get some use out of it. So I suggest > putting a distributed client on that machine let it help the world, > be it aliens, or dna, or math problems. > > Now saying that I have found that some laptops are not desktops, and > heat is a problem, such as my wife's. So if your laptop is prone to > overheating then it might be better to leave it off. As in my > wife's case I had to disable RC5-72, as my warranty is about to > expire and I want it to last a bit longer. > > Now I do have a Sony pcg fx215 with an amd duron 800 chip that is on > 24/7 crunching RC5-72. It does get hot, but not as hot as my wife's > laptop, she is using a Dell 600M if your curious. the Sony runs on > the mains, the batteries have long since died and have been taken > out. As long as it is able to boot, and crunch, I am happy.
Consumer laptops were not designed to stay that hot for weeks on end. I use a 12" piece of 2x4 wood to prop up the rear of my never-moves, always-on work laptop. That gives room to circulate air underneath, and the fan hardly ever comes on. Once or twice a week for a a few minutes. - -- Ron Johnson, Jr. Jefferson LA USA Is "common sense" really valid? For example, it is "common sense" to white-power racists that whites are superior to blacks, and that those with brown skins are mud people. However, that "common sense" is obviously wrong. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.3 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFEtW+NS9HxQb37XmcRAgAdAJwMT7ghDV25ydyrS9ZLMHPBNxgYKACcCg2R 4e5q4qutxwyQMYxSNAxBKDc= =DssN -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
