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Posted: June 18 2006,20:26 QUOTE
I've noticed some strange acting on my computer while using DSL.
CPU fan is spinning all the time and doesn't spin faster when CPU usage goes up.

Now when I used a program that uses about 100% of CPU usage, DSL crashed. It took about an hour to happen.

I think this is kind of a serious bug because
a) CPU fan bearings will worn out (sorry my english ;)) faster. Especially because I use to keep my laptop on all the time.
b) overheating could do some serious damage. Overheating protection systems usually work but what if this occurs usually?

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Posted: June 21 2006,06:17 QUOTE
Hmm. It must be because no acpi support. I have to burn DSL 3...

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Posted: June 22 2006,00:45 QUOTE
This happens to me on my Armada M700 as well.  What I have to do is keep it well ventilated.  That means It's always sitting on a table of some sort and not the couch and I make sure nothing is underneath it.  That way it can run at 100% without any kind of issues at all.  Otherwise it will overheat and crash causing me to have to wait about 10 minutes before I can boot it back up.

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Posted: June 22 2006,07:00 QUOTE
Are you running DSL 3.x?

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Posted: June 22 2006,11:04 QUOTE
Good Morning..

 Just a thought.. I seem to remember that there is a cooling mat I saw on line somewhere that you set your laptop on top of.. ( non-electric) its on a gel pad of some sort that keep.s your laptop cool.  Look around.. there are possibilities to help :)

Peace !
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