Laptop CPU freezes--hdparm and harddrive temps/cycles

[Larry Hartman]

> > you can try installing ksensors, which is a GUI frontend for lm-sensors.
> > it can provide with many info about the computer, including
> > temperatures. fan speeds, CPU loads, memory info, swap info and many
> > other things.
>
> nifty little tool, thanx!
>
> Incidentally I purchased a new CR2032 clock battery and installed
> yesterday...I do not know the mechanics of all that a new battery would
> affect, but my whole system seems to have settled down a bit since then.
> Coincidental?
>
> And...I bought an external hard drive and backed up all of my work.
>
> Larry

Well I got to nosing around all sorts of things......I have an average load 
count of 12 cycles per hour on both of my harddrives (there are two in my 
laptop).....hdparm -B is set to 254.  The laptop is 95% of the time running 
on AC.  Seems 12 is a little high for AC?  Wondering if I am getting temp 
problems relating to hard drive activity.

Larry