Question: Folding on a laptop...

[Hurricane Andrew]

I was quite excited to get a new Dell Core Duo for a co-worker, but after starting up only one folding instance (at only 70% usage of Core#1) on this dual core laptop, temps shot up rather quickly to 57C.

Is that normal for a laptop? If it were a desktop, my first thought would be "Yikes!". At least it didn't catch on fire or anything (Sanyo battery...not Sony). I have teh client set to pause on battery operation, but the temps really have me concerned. Anyone have any insight on Core Duo Mobile temps?

 

[keeleysam]

Yes, they run hot, especially in a laptop.

I had BOINC/SETI on my Acer Core Duo laptop for the first week I had it to burn it in. That fvcker got HOT. It won't really hurt the life of anything but the battery, and your fertility.

They are fast, but they still run hot on a 40mm fan and a heatpipe.

Oh, I almost forgot. Just give it up. If you want to add some CPU to your farm, grab a Core 2 Duo desktop.

 

[oztrailrider]

I have run Rosetta on my Inspiron 6000 (Pentium M 730 1.6GHz), the highest temps I saw on it were about 46C. It seems the Core Duos run a lot hotter.

 

[BlackMountainCow]

I run two instances of µfluids on my wife's Core Duo laptop and yes, it gets warm, around 60 °C. But the temp design for core duo allows for a max of 95 °C, so even 75 °C should stll be save. I mean, that's what computer are built for, right? Plus, her laptop computer has a three year warranty, so I'll make use of that one if it blows

 

[biodoc]

Sounds like my next build will be a core duo The prices have dropped to reasonable levels.

 

[BlackMountainCow]

But be careful, there's "Core Duo" = two Pentium M cores and there's "Core 2 Duo" = new Conroe architecture!

 

[Hurricane Andrew]

Originally posted by: BlackMountainCow
I run two instances of µfluids on my wife's Core Duo laptop and yes, it gets warm, around 60 °C. But the temp design for core duo allows for a max of 95 °C, so even 75 °C should stll be save. I mean, that's what computer are built for, right? Plus, her laptop computer has a three year warranty, so I'll make use of that one if it blows

Good point on the warranty. It's not like I'm overclocking and voiding the warranty, so if you know what happens, we're covered. I'm still only going to run one instance though, just to be a little conservative.

 

[biodoc]

Originally posted by: BlackMountainCow
But be careful, there's "Core Duo" = two Pentium M cores and there's "Core 2 Duo" = new Conroe architecture!

Thanks for the clarification BMC. I've been following the Core 2 Duo prices. Pretty impressive benchmarks