Problem with IBM Thinkpad T30 shutting down due to high temperatures

[Kevin Oberman]

> Date: Tue, 11 Aug 2009 11:42:36 +0200
> From: Torfinn Ingolfsen <torfinn.ingolfsen at broadpark.no>
> Sender: owner-freebsd-stable at freebsd.org
> 
> On Mon, 10 Aug 2009 15:20:34 -0700
> Doug Barton <dougb at FreeBSD.org> wrote:
> 
> > You included a lot of details, but missed some crucial ones. First,
> > did it ever work? If so, what you probably have are fans/heat sinks
> > that are clogged with dust. Give the system a good hosing with
> > compressed air and see if that helps.
> 
> If that doesn't work, disassembling the machine will allow him to more
> easily clean the dust out of the fan.
> Also, the T30 is (by now) a n old machine, if cleaning the fan(s)
> doesn't work, he could try to change thermal paste between the cpu and
> the heatsink.

And, for those who don't do this a lot, that means cleaning off all
residual goo and spreading a VERY thin layer of thermal grease on both
surfaces. Thin is good. Very, very thin and as even as possible.
-- 
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