On 02/28/2011 11:45 AM, James McKenzie wrote:
On Sat, Feb 26, 2011 at 4:35 PM, Bill Davidsen davidsen@tmr.com wrote:
Thanks for the prompt reply. I understand this choice came because some Apple laptops melt if you don't suspend when you close the cover, but after reading the article I checked the CPU temp on a few of mine, and they seem likely to survive. Fan may or may not work a little harder, though.
Melt? How about catch on fire. That is a 'bad thing'. It is best to 'hide' such selections from users who are not aware of such dangers.
We are confusing 2 issues here -
(i) configuring the choices of lid-close event.
(ii) Thermal events -
If temp crosses threshold - then shutdown.
(ii) is the issue here - and disallowing (i) as a solution is inappropriate.
If (ii) is broken for some class - then possibly one could argue that lid event - or a host of other things that may raise temps could be disallowed - how about using the CPU - disallow - or the power supply for that matter ... :-)
But let us not confuse the issues please - the problem with overheating should be handled by thermal event handler not lid close.