No more cpuspeed in F16

[drago01]

On Thu, Nov 17, 2011 at 10:18 PM, Adam Williamson <awilliam at redhat.com> wrote:
> On Thu, 2011-11-17 at 21:43 +0100, drago01 wrote:
>> 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 ;) )
>
> Mine was a Lenovo (not a Thinkpad), but as Smooge says, this is pretty
> much standard practice.

Apparently too many customers just accept that but I wouldn't. I can
run my HP as long as I want (full load) the fan spins up but it
doesn't overheat.