[SLL] Laptop getting a bit warm

[Glenn Stone]

On Mon, Jul 23, 2007 at 09:59:15AM -0700, Robert Woodcock wrote:
>Also make sure you're using the right screwdriver for the job. A #1 Phillips
>screwdriver will turn a #2 screw, but it'll also strip it a little bit every
>time. Using the proper bit also means the screw is more likely to stay on
>the screwdriver after you remove it from the chassis.

This will give some folks the willies but I've found that a magnetic #2
Phillips saves a *LOT* of grief... 

FWIW most standard Phillips bits/drivers are #2, and very few Phillips
screws in a given case if any are #1.  If you find one you'll know it.  

(Some people also get the willies when they see me pick up power tools and
go after a PC case... but if they pay attention they will also see me set
the clutch on a power screwdriver to the very lightest setting, and mutter
vile imprecations when I have to notch it up to get something loose...
overtightning *is* a problem, that's why I use the clutch.  When it's tight,
it's tight, and I don't bust any knuckles getting it that way.)

obLinux:  I use gkrellm to monitor the temps in my case, among a lot of
other things... in Kernel 2.4 you have to build the modules separately (the
lmsensors, i2c and i2o modules, IIRC), but in kernel 2.6 everything Just
Works.. when the temps start creeping up I know it's time to get out the
canned air... thankfully, the back of the case and the Zalman fan mount are
all thumbscrews, no power tools required.  gkrellm also does a number of
other neat things, including keep track of whether you've gotten mail
recently, what your network interfaces and disks are doing, free memory, and
even the weather and the phase of the moon.  It's one of those things that I
always go and fetch when I'm setting up a new home desktop.  

-- Glenn