No more cpuspeed in F16

drago01 drago01 at gmail.com
Thu Nov 17 20:43:58 UTC 2011


On Thu, Nov 17, 2011 at 9:37 PM, Adam Williamson <awilliam at redhat.com> wrote:
> On Thu, 2011-11-17 at 12:06 +0100, drago01 wrote:
>> On Tue, Nov 15, 2011 at 9:15 PM, Adam Williamson <awilliam at redhat.com> wrote:
>> > On Mon, 2011-11-14 at 00:24 +0530, Rahul Sundaram wrote:
>> >
>> >> Perhaps, you can file a bug report?  It seems there is a problem that
>> >> causes your system to overheat and unless you are already that it is a
>> >> hardware problem, it is better to get the problem fixed rather than
>> >> workaround it.
>> >
>> > Well, some systems are just badly designed and won't run at full power
>> > for extended periods without overheating. I had a laptop like that once.
>> > My 'workaround' was to buy a cooling pad.
>>
>> Wouldn't it be a better fix to get to the vendor (assuming it is still
>> under warranty) and demand either the money back or a fix?
>> I doubt it takes that long to discover such issues so I don't get why
>> people end up having such devices for a longer period of time.
>
> The vendor just tells you 'consumer laptops aren't designed to use full
> CPU power for extended periods'. I've tried.

Huh? ... Which vendor was that? (To add to my "not buy from" list ;) )


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