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[Thomas Martitz <thomas.martitz@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Am 12.11.2009 23:48, schrieb Burkhard Ritter:
> Jimbo schrieb:
> > Hey Burkhard,
> > After reading your clarification it sounds like your fan noise is more
> > severe than what I'm experiencing. Mine doesn't sound like a real speed
> > up... it's hard to explain.
> > Can you exchange the machine easily under warranty? If possible, go 
> > for it!
> >
> > As for BIOS, I've got 1.10, and I think I'll keep it there unless I 
> > really
> > have a good reason to upgrade. It seems to be working fine so far. 
> > The fan
> > is pretty constant, I haven't noticed too much difference between 
> > Fedora and
> > Win 7, but Winders seems to run a little quieter.
> >
> > Out of curiosity what CPU did you get? I've got the Core 2 Solo, and 
> > under
> > Windows 7 get some mouse stutters, esp. when outlook is checking 
> > mail.  But
> > with Linux, performance is really great, Fedora seems to perform 
> > better than
> > Ubuntu...but it's a close call.
> > Anyway, do you get those mouse stutters at any point? Good luck with
> > figuring out that fan noise, let us know.
> >
> > Jim
>
> Hi Jim,
>
> I've got the dual core version. I think I'll return the unit and 
> exchange it for a different model. The reason why I originally chose 
> the 3810TG is that it's dual core. I don't care about the ATI graphics 
> card (I'd rather prefer the Intel card only) but I really wanted a 
> laptop that's not completely underpowered by today's standards. Now 
> I've noticed that there is a new model, the 3810tz, with a SU4100 dual 
> core and I'd like to know how this thing compares to the SU9400 in the 
> older 3810t models. Does anybody know? I've notices no stutters, the 
> laptop runs pretty fast as it is; honestly, I really like it. It's 
> just that the noise is nowhere near acceptable for me.
>
> One last thing I might try before returning the laptop is to downgrade 
> the Bios to 1.10. I'm a bit reluctant as, as I wrote earlier, I can't 
> go back to 1.14 and the warranty/return policy is not clear to me in 
> this case.
>
> Burkhard


I wonder what the talk about fan noise is about, my 8310TG is completely 
silent.

Although, it's possible that the radeon makes some noise. I use the 
lenovo_acpi module to turn it off. If it's that, you could consider 
picking the 3810T (without G) which is the same laptop without the 
external ATI.

I expect the SU4100 a good deal slower, it has not only 100MHz less but 
also 1MB less cache which could make up a noticeable difference.