Laptops; constant use and good temps

[Legg83]

Small question; how hard is it on modern laptops to leave them on (at full power) constantly for weeks? And what would be considered too high of a temperature? I ran my Dell Inspiron 8600 all night at close to 60 degrees Celesis.

 

[thomsbrain]

if it's a P4, it will clock down if it gets too hot. but if you want to help it a little, you could put artic silver on the heatsink.

 

[thuned]

If you want to process something fulltime then why not get a desktop? Modern mobile chips shut most of itself down when idle (ie pentium-m).

 

[eriqesque]

Originally posted by: thuned
If you want to process something fulltime then why not get a desktop? Modern mobile chips shut most of itself down when idle (ie pentium-m).

But if it is processing something it's not idle

 

[thuned]

Originally posted by: eriqesque

Originally posted by: thuned
If you want to process something fulltime then why not get a desktop? Modern mobile chips shut most of itself down when idle (ie pentium-m).

But if it is processing something it's not idle

That's why I suggested a desktop if the CPU is set to process something 100% of the time. If the use isn't at a constant 100%, then the pentium-m will try to keep itself cool by shutting off the portions that is not in use.

 

[thraxes]

Originally posted by: thuned

Originally posted by: eriqesque

Originally posted by: thuned
If you want to process something fulltime then why not get a desktop? Modern mobile chips shut most of itself down when idle (ie pentium-m).

But if it is processing something it's not idle

That's why I suggested a desktop if the CPU is set to process something 100% of the time. If the use isn't at a constant 100%, then the pentium-m will try to keep itself cool by shutting off the portions that is not in use.

So it goews into powersave when idle, why not? Opterons and Athlon64s are designed do that aswell BTW.

And leaving a notebook constantly on is not a problem, At work we have a few laptops that are running 24/7. The reason why we use laptops is that this is in a noise sensitive environment and good Laptops are generally much quieter than desktops.

 

[jrichrds]

Originally posted by:The reason why we use laptops is that this is in a noise sensitive environment and good Laptops are generally much quieter than desktops.

Given the same processor power requirement, it's much easier to make a desktop quiet than a laptop - you don't have to cram everything into a small space, and have much more flexibility in using fanless cooling devices. But I guess you probably mean it's easier to buy quiet laptops at retail than quiet desktops.

 

[thraxes]

yep, that's what I meant.

Our IT department has bigger concerns than doing the research and assembly of custom silent rigs, especially since that would mean building 20+ machines. It would simply cost too many man-hours.

Also we don't run top of the line P4 laptops. We have P3M - 1GHz machines (Samsung), as all they have to do is display and edit text-files, access the internet and act as terminals to an IBM mainframe.

 

[Kaervak]

Since you're using an Inspiron, use this program:

i8kFanGui

I've been using it on my 8200 for almost a year with no complaints. Set it to use the automatic temperature control, set what temps you want the fans to come on at and what speed you want the fans to run at and you're good to go.

 

[Jetblade]

Originally posted by: Kaervak
Since you're using an Inspiron, use this program:

i8kFanGui

I've been using it on my 8200 for almost a year with no complaints. Set it to use the automatic temperature control, set what temps you want the fans to come on at and what speed you want the fans to run at and you're good to go.

W00! Thanks so much for that link.