Yes, my laptop arrived safe and sound. Well, mostly safe. It was actually delivered to another address on campus, but it eventually arrived at Afilias. Tonight, as I wait for the phone to ring, I decide to play with the fan and see if I could shut it off. I can: # sysctl dev.acpi_ibm.0.fan=0 dev.acpi_ibm.0.fan: 1 -> 0 Checking the temp was easy and pretty soon things jumped from about 48C to just […]
Odd how grown men, myself included, get giddy about new toys. My IBM ThinkPad T41 is no longer reliable. It has taken to being heat sensitive. I suspect something inside is broken / slightly disconnected and as the heat inside increases, a connection fails. I have tried to fix it, but failed. It has been acting tempermental for about two months now. I narrowed my search down to the ThinkPad x61s: Processor: Intel®
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