[wellylug] I think my motherboards gone.... :-(

Ian Sterling xyverz at gmail.com
Mon Dec 20 09:30:27 NZDT 2004


My thinkpad squeals whenever I try to do anything to it.  Poor Pentium
200 machine being forced to actually do anything.  *sigh*  96mb RAM,
2mb Video RAM, 4000rpm drive.  Debian/Fluxbox.  Poor thing is
mistreated so... ;)

--Ian...

On Mon, 20 Dec 2004 08:54:44 +1300 (NZDT), andrej at paradise.net.nz
<andrej at paradise.net.nz> wrote:
> Quoting David Antliff <dave.antliff at paradise.net.nz>:
> > It's quite loud actually - I can hear it over music with headphones on.
> > A high pitched squeal presumably correlated with increased power draw.
> > It's most highly correlated with video card activity. It's not a fan.
> My thinkpad squeals under network load :)
> 
> Cheers,
> Andrej
> 
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