On Mon, 13 Dec 2004, Loren H. Burlingame wrote: > I have a Latitude c640 and while it works just fine with linux I have > had some serious overheating problems. > > The thing always seemed to get hotter than I would ever imagine could be > normal (regularly runs at about 141 celsius with nothing else going) and > sure enough less than a year after I bought it the motherboard died due > to overheating. Looking at message boards, this would seem to be a very > common problem with Dell laptops, to the point where there are a couple > 3rd party fan utilities written specifically for them to keep their fans > running at full tilt at all times. > > I spent a week with support trying to get my motherboard replaced, which > did ultimately happen, but it was a hassle. We actually got Dell laptops specifically for the warranty they offer; I've got a Latitude C840, and have had some wear+tear problems (keyboard failing, battery latch falling off, small crack in the case by the ethernet port, etc) and a few not wear+tear problems (cdrom and fan going bad); every time I've called, they've had the parts to me the next day, along with a tech (if I wanted one). CompleteCare rules! -- Nate Carlson <natecars at real-time.com> | Phone : (952)943-8700 http://www.real-time.com | Fax : (952)943-8500 _______________________________________________ TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota Help beta test TCLUG's potential new home: http://plone.mn-linux.org Got pictures for TCLUG? Beta test http://plone.mn-linux.org/gallery tclug-list at mn-linux.org https://mailman.real-time.com/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list