Is it missing a caps lock key? Cheers. Alex ----- Original Message ----- From: "peter" <pjackson@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Friday, January 16, 2004 4:02 PM Subject: Re: Overheating > i AM USING A dELL INSPIRON 8200,WITH PLENTY OF HARD DRIVE SPACE. 256 OF > RAM,BUT RARELY USE MORE THAN EMAIL AND A BROWSER. mY VENTS ARE WELL CLEAR OF > OBSTRUCTIONS,AND i KEEP IT ALL CLEAN. > Peter > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "trouble" <trouble1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Sent: Friday, January 16, 2004 10:14 AM > Subject: Re: Overheating > > > > With a desktop computer if you have a good cooler on the chip, and > > air going threw the box over heating don't happen all that much. The > most > > of them happen because of lack of cooling, over working the processor by > > having not enough ram or cash to do the job, and temp of the room working > in. > > > > At 09:31 AM 1/16/04 -0500, you wrote: > > >thanks and my issues are these. > > >If there is a tendancy to get overheating, and if I want a system > for > > >using Office while doing streaming audio and burning DVDs later on: > > >is there a point where one is somehow inviting overheating? > > >My choices are Athlons at 2, 2.5 and 2.8 and the Intel equivalent > > >microprocessors. > > >I do not often replace computers and my choice is and must work for > a > > >long, long time. > > >Obviously one wants enough chip power to go the distance, but this > > >overheating issue is new to me and has me rethinking speed. > > >Is there "no" overheating issue with JAWS 4.51 "patched" which is > > >fantastic? > > >From: "Ken Gould" <gould100@xxxxxxx> > > >To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > > >Sent: Friday, January 16, 2004 8:44 AM > > >Subject: re: Overheating > > > > > > > > > > Peter - > > > > > > > > Your overheating problem is something I discovered several months ago > and > > > > has been confirmed by several others of us on the beta test list. It > > > > happens to me on a desktop, and I can monitor sudden temperature > spikes > > > > that can only be stopped by unloading and reloading JAWS. Freedom > > > > Scientific has attempted to solve this problem but hasn't yet been > able to > > > > reproduce it. So don't waste a lot of time trying to find other > > > > culprits. Earlier versions of JAWS do not seem to cause it. We all > hope > > > > it can be solved in the future. > > > > Original message: > > > > From: "peter" <pjackson@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > > > > Subject: overheating > > > > Date: Thu, 15 Jan 2004 10:08:06 -0500 > > > > > > > > HI,I am using jaws 5 with XP on a Dell inspiron 8200. After using the > > > > laptop for 20 to 40 minutes,it overheats,fan comes on. Jaws is very > > > > sluggish while > > > > fan is running. Fan does not shut off. > > > > My sighted partner uses laptop for hours,with no overheating. I did > not > > > > have this problem with jaws 4.5.1 . > > > > Any suggestions? > > > > thanks > > > > Peter > > > > > > > > ------------------------------ > > > > Best regards, > > > > Ken > > > > E-mail address: gould100@xxxxxxx > > > > Please visit my store's home page at http://www.audionexus.com > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > To post a message to the list, send it to jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > > > > To unsubscribe from this mailing list, send a message to > > >jfw-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word unsubscribe in the subject line. > > > > > > > > > > > > >-- > > >To post a message to the list, send it to jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > > >To unsubscribe from this mailing list, send a message to > > >jfw-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word unsubscribe in the subject line. > > > > Tim > > trouble > > > > > > -- > > To post a message to the list, send it to jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > > To unsubscribe from this mailing list, send a message to > jfw-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word unsubscribe in the subject line. > > > > > > > > -- > To post a message to the list, send it to jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe from this mailing list, send a message to jfw-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word unsubscribe in the subject line. > > -- To post a message to the list, send it to jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe from this mailing list, send a message to jfw-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word unsubscribe in the subject line.