It is getting hot

[Guest]

[fixup]

The weather has finally warmed up (Oregon) and so is my OQO 02. It is MUCH warmer than 2 days ago when temperature was 70 (now it's 90). My OQO is locked to 400 MHz and it is still so hot. I wonder how you guys have been running this thing at 1.6 GHz?

[DavidT.]

I'm running just fine @ 1.6ghz here in NorCal (102 degrees today)  It doesn't run much warmer or cooler than my HP Tablet or my Sony TZ around the CPU area.

[nivenh]

The weather has finally warmed up (Oregon) and so is my OQO 02. It is MUCH warmer than 2 days ago when temperature was 70 (now it's 90). My OQO is locked to 400 MHz and it is still so hot. I wonder how you guys have been running this thing at 1.6 GHz?

I can attest to Oregon being hot right now (in portland anyway).  94 today... sheesh!

[Stormbringer]

That's why I am using an external usb fan and why I would also recommend using one to anyone, who is afraid his OQO could burn some parts of it.

[Kenrick]

Hey nivenh and fixup, you guys are both in OR, just a short 90 minute drive away from each other.  You could get together and code OQO system software ;-)

The solution to your problem is to move to AK   I think our all-time record high in Anchorage is 85, and today it's a sunny and cool 55.  Can't say I miss the 115 temps when I was in Davis, CA.

[fixup]

What a small world, I lived and worked in UC　Ｄａｖｉｓ　ｆｏｒ　ｍｏｒｅ　ｔｈａｎ　１０　ｙｅａｒｓ．　Ｐｒｏｇｒａｍｉｎｇ　ｉｓ　ｊｕｓｔ　ｏｎｅ　ｏｆ　ｍｙ　ｓｉｄｅ　ｉｎｔｅｒｅｓｔ．　Ｉ　ｗｒｏｔｅ　ｃｏｄｅ　ｍａｉｎｌｙ　ｆｏｒ　ｍｙ　ｅｎｇｉｎｅｅｒｉｎｇ　ｐｒｏｊｅｃｔｓ　ａｎｄ　ｐａｐｅｒｓ，　ｍｏｓｔ　ｏｆ　ｔｈｅｍ　ｗｅｒｅ　ｄｏｎｅ　ｏｎ　Ｌｉｂｒｅｔｔｏ　－ｍｙ　ＵＭＰＣ　ｆｏｒ　１０　ｙｅａｒｓ．　Ｍｏｓｔ　ｏｆ　ｔｈｅ　ｃｏｄｅｓ　ａｒｅ　ｆｏｒ　ｒｅａｌ－ｔｉｍｅ　ｃｏｎｔｒｏｌｉｎｇ　ｍａｃｈｉｎｅｓ，　ｓｏ　ｂｏｔｈ　ｅｆｆｉｃｉｅｎｔ　ｓｙｓｔｅｍ　ｌｅｖｅｌ　ａｎｄ　ｅａｓｙ　ｕｓｅｒ　ｉｎｔｅｒｆａｃｅ　ａｒｅ　ｉｎｖｏｌｖｅｄ．　Ｉ　ｓｔｉｌｌ　ｌｉｋｅ　ｔｈｅ　Ｌｉｂｒｅｔｔｏ　ｍｏｒｅ　ｔｈａｎ　ＯＱＯ，　ｂｕｔ　ｉｔｓ　ｓｃｒｅｅｎ　ｉｓ　ｄｙｉｎｇ　ｓｏ　Ｉ　ｂｏｕｇｈｔ　ａｎ　ＯＱＯ．　Ｉ＇ｍｇｏｉｎｇ　ｔｏ　ｂｕｙ　ａｎｏｔｈｅｒ　ｌａｒｇｅｒ　ａｎｄ　ｃｈｅａｐｅｒ　ＵＭＰＣ　ｌｉｋｅ　ｔｈｅ　ＨＰ　２１３３，　ｂｅｃａｕｓｅ　ＯＱＯ　ｉｓ　ｎｉｃｅ　ｔｏ　ｂｅ　ｐｏｃｋｅｔａｂｌｅ　ｂｕｔ　ｉｔ　ｃａｎｎｏｔ　ｂｅ　ｍｙ　ｏｎｌｙ　ＰＣ　ｌｉｋｅ　ｔｈｅ　Ｌｉｂｒｅｔｔｏ　ｈａｓ　ｂｅｅｎ．

Ｔｈｅ　ｐｒｏｂｌｅｍ　ｉｓ　Ｉ　ｂｅｌｉｅｖｅ　ＯＱＯ　ｄｏｅｓ　ｎｏｔ　ｎｅｅｄ　ａｎｙ　ｓｙｓｔｅｍ－ｌｅｖｅｌ　ｓｏｆｔｗａｒｅ．　Ｉ　ｈａｖｅ　ｂｅｅｎ　ｌｉｖｉｎｇ　ｗｉｔｈｏｕｔ　ｏｑｏｍａｎａｇｅｒ．ｅｘｅ　ｗｉｔｈｏｕｔ　ｍｉｓｓｉｎｇ　ａｎｙｔｈｉｎｇ．　Ｔｈｅ　ｏｎｌｙ　ｆｕｎｃｔｉｏｎ　ｔｈａｔ　ｓｔｉｌｌ　ｒｅｑｕｉｒｅｓ　ｉｔ　ｉｓ　ｂｒｉｇｈｔｎｅｓｓ　ａｄｊｕｓｔｍｅｎｔ　ａｎｄ　Ｉ　ａｌｍｏｓｔ　ｎｅｖｅｒ　ａｄｊｕｓｔ　ｉｔ，　５　ｂａｒｓ　ｉｓ　ｐｅｒｆｅｃｔ．　Ｉ　ｄｏｎ＇ｔ　ｅｖｅｎ　ｕｓｅ　ｔｈｅ　ＯＱＯ　ＰＳ／２　ｍｏｕｓｅ　ｄｒｉｖｅｒ．　Ｉ　ｄｏｎ＇ｔ　ｈａｖｅ　ａｎｙ　ｉｓｓｕｅｓ　ｅｖｅｒ　ｓｉｎｃｅ．

[safeway]

im in oregon to and that warm up was pretty strange it went from
too cold to too hot in 2 or 3 days.

[stuartguthrie]

What a small world, I lived and worked in UC　Ｄａｖｉｓ　ｆｏｒ　ｍｏｒｅ　ｔｈａｎ　１０　ｙｅａｒｓ．　Ｐｒｏｇｒａｍｉｎｇ　ｉｓ　ｊｕｓｔ　ｏｎｅ　ｏｆ　ｍｙ　ｓｉｄｅ　ｉｎｔｅｒｅｓｔ．　Ｉ　ｗｒｏｔｅ　ｃｏｄｅ　ｍａｉｎｌｙ　ｆｏｒ　ｍｙ　ｅｎｇｉｎｅｅｒｉｎｇ　ｐｒｏｊｅｃｔｓ　ａｎｄ　ｐａｐｅｒｓ，　ｍｏｓｔ　ｏｆ　ｔｈｅｍ　ｗｅｒｅ　ｄｏｎｅ　ｏｎ　Ｌｉｂｒｅｔｔｏ　－ｍｙ　ＵＭＰＣ　ｆｏｒ　１０　ｙｅａｒｓ．　Ｍｏｓｔ　ｏｆ　ｔｈｅ　ｃｏｄｅｓ　ａｒｅ　ｆｏｒ　ｒｅａｌ－ｔｉｍｅ　ｃｏｎｔｒｏｌｉｎｇ　ｍａｃｈｉｎｅｓ，　ｓｏ　ｂｏｔｈ　ｅｆｆｉｃｉｅｎｔ　ｓｙｓｔｅｍ　ｌｅｖｅｌ　ａｎｄ　ｅａｓｙ　ｕｓｅｒ　ｉｎｔｅｒｆａｃｅ　ａｒｅ　ｉｎｖｏｌｖｅｄ．　Ｉ　ｓｔｉｌｌ　ｌｉｋｅ　ｔｈｅ　Ｌｉｂｒｅｔｔｏ　ｍｏｒｅ　ｔｈａｎ　ＯＱＯ，　ｂｕｔ　ｉｔｓ　ｓｃｒｅｅｎ　ｉｓ　ｄｙｉｎｇ　ｓｏ　Ｉ　ｂｏｕｇｈｔ　ａｎ　ＯＱＯ．　Ｉ＇ｍｇｏｉｎｇ　ｔｏ　ｂｕｙ　ａｎｏｔｈｅｒ　ｌａｒｇｅｒ　ａｎｄ　ｃｈｅａｐｅｒ　ＵＭＰＣ　ｌｉｋｅ　ｔｈｅ　ＨＰ　２１３３，　ｂｅｃａｕｓｅ　ＯＱＯ　ｉｓ　ｎｉｃｅ　ｔｏ　ｂｅ　ｐｏｃｋｅｔａｂｌｅ　ｂｕｔ　ｉｔ　ｃａｎｎｏｔ　ｂｅ　ｍｙ　ｏｎｌｙ　ＰＣ　ｌｉｋｅ　ｔｈｅ　Ｌｉｂｒｅｔｔｏ　ｈａｓ　ｂｅｅｎ．

Ｔｈｅ　ｐｒｏｂｌｅｍ　ｉｓ　Ｉ　ｂｅｌｉｅｖｅ　ＯＱＯ　ｄｏｅｓ　ｎｏｔ　ｎｅｅｄ　ａｎｙ　ｓｙｓｔｅｍ－ｌｅｖｅｌ　ｓｏｆｔｗａｒｅ．　Ｉ　ｈａｖｅ　ｂｅｅｎ　ｌｉｖｉｎｇ　ｗｉｔｈｏｕｔ　ｏｑｏｍａｎａｇｅｒ．ｅｘｅ　ｗｉｔｈｏｕｔ　ｍｉｓｓｉｎｇ　ａｎｙｔｈｉｎｇ．　Ｔｈｅ　ｏｎｌｙ　ｆｕｎｃｔｉｏｎ　ｔｈａｔ　ｓｔｉｌｌ　ｒｅｑｕｉｒｅｓ　ｉｔ　ｉｓ　ｂｒｉｇｈｔｎｅｓｓ　ａｄｊｕｓｔｍｅｎｔ　ａｎｄ　Ｉ　ａｌｍｏｓｔ　ｎｅｖｅｒ　ａｄｊｕｓｔ　ｉｔ，　５　ｂａｒｓ　ｉｓ　ｐｅｒｆｅｃｔ．　Ｉ　ｄｏｎ＇ｔ　ｅｖｅｎ　ｕｓｅ　ｔｈｅ　ＯＱＯ　ＰＳ／２　ｍｏｕｓｅ　ｄｒｉｖｅｒ．　Ｉ　ｄｏｎ＇ｔ　ｈａｖｅ　ａｎｙ　ｉｓｓｕｅｓ　ｅｖｅｒ　ｓｉｎｃｅ．

What model Libretto do you use Fixup? I love the Librettos. It's a pity Toshiba don't make them any more. Do you know if there are any plans to continue the Libretto models later in the future?

Stu

[stuartguthrie]

That's why I am using an external usb fan and why I would also recommend using one to anyone, who is afraid his OQO could burn some parts of it.

Do these make much of a difference? I would have thought that they would have caused more heat since the USB port has to pump power out to it. What one do you use?

Stu

[fixup]

I have had pretty much all the models: 50, 70 and 100. The 100, overclocked to 266MHz, have been my primary computer/laptop for the last 10 years.

Two or three years ago, Toshiba tried to sell a new Libretto but failed immediately. I bought one, it was a crap - hot, loud, bigger, heavier and sluggish, and of course I returned it.

Spoiled by the Libretto, it is very hard for me to accept these new UMPCs - hot, noisy (CPU fan), short-battery life and difficult to use (two large for thumbs and two small for touch-typing).

I'm putting my hope on the upcoming Atom-based ones like the M528 or MSI Wind. I've been saying it for years: mobile is not about how fast; it is about how cool, quiet and long run. Intel finally understood what I meant and is releasing a 800MHz CPU next month, that consumes 10x less power.

My OQO 02 (bought only 30 days) is on sale for $900 plus free shipping and free Verizon EVDO service.