Articles from August 2007

 
 

Stopping Thinkpad T60 High-Pitched Squeal

After installing Ubuntu on my T60, I realized it was making this annoying, extremely high-pitched squeal. I found that it only squealed when it wasn’t plugged into the wall. After Googling a bit I found that I could stop it by setting the max_cstate. I think that this has to do with the CPU’s power consumption. At lower consumption levels it emits the squeal.

Anyhow, running the following command seemed to stop the screeching. The default is 8.

echo 2 > /sys/module/processor/parameters/max_cstate

09. August 2007 | Ubuntu | Comments (0)


Mmm, I am really impressed with NOVO coffee. Very good! Maybe it's just because I've been drinking the Folgers coffee at the office.

Just saved $290 by changing the damn radiator myself

Doh, I ran out of propane halfway through a brew session. That added an extra hour to an already long brew day.

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