[NBLUG/talk] EEE PC Heat and Wifi

[Sameer Verma]

Steve Johnson wrote:
> I finally got to measure the heat the eee pc puts out, right at the
> vent it hits about 119 degrees, and underneath the plastic heats up to
> about 104 degrees, so it's not blistering, but it will make your
> lap/hands/chest warm..
>
> I noticed since I installed ubuntu 8.04 that the wifi signal is
> weaker..  It seems to me I get all 5 bars of signal with the default
> xandros install, but now with ubuntu I get 3 bars of signal from the
> same place..  Anyone know if this is something screwy with the mad
> wifi driver stuff?
>
> -Steve
>
>   

Hi Steve,

Perhaps the bars are screwy? Xandros is based on KDE, while Ubuntu is 
running GNOME. The bars may not be consistent across KDE and GNOME.

Sameer

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Dr. Sameer Verma, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Information Systems
San Francisco State University
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