[Eug-lug] testing laptop cooler effectiveness (old dogs)

[Ben Barrett]

I pulled an ancient zenith luggable out of a dumpster, thousands of miles
away and ~5 years ago.  It boots to the dos (3.1 iirc) prompt, what a dog.
:)
I should figure out what year it was built... guessing ~'89.

ben


On 3/27/07, LinuxRocks! <linux at rocksolidnetworks.com> wrote:
>
> People never bring me perfectly good working computers... they only
> bring me busted ones :( I have laptop build in 1995(came with win3.1),
> and it still works :D
>
> Jamie
>
> On Tue, Mar 27, 2007 at 04:46:05PM -0800, Ralph Zeller wrote:
> > Date: Tue, 27 Mar 2007 16:46:05 -0800
> > From: Ralph Zeller <ralph at zellercpa.com>
> > To: Eugene Unix and Gnu/Linux User Group <euglug at euglug.org>
> > Subject: Re: [Eug-lug] testing laptop cooler effectiveness.
> >
> > Ever notice how no one wants to lend their laptop to Jamie?  ;)
> >
> > On 03/27/07 03pm, Jamie wrote:
> > >
> > > >From my own pacticl experience I can tell you at CPU is the primary
> > > cause of heat. WiFi, charging batteries, and burning discs are
> probably
> > > the next group.
> > > Not blocking the exhaust port is probably the easiest way to keep it
> > > from overheating. not covering the keyboard (keep the display up, even
> > > if your using external) also helps.
> > > So, if you really want to test it, run the folding, cover the keyboard
> > > and exhaust, and do it on a dead battery so it charges the battery,
> and
> > > share the DVD player, and backup a movie remotely over the wifi.
> > >
> > > Dont forget to setup a camcorder for your next youtube epic.
> > >
> > > Jamie
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