[CentOS] Tired of temp induced shutdowns

[Robert Moskowitz]

Steven Haigh wrote:
>
> On 15/07/2007, at 5:14 PM, John R Pierce wrote:
>
>> Robert Moskowitz wrote:
>>> My notebook has a habit of getting hot, and Centos just shuts down. 
>>> Just did it again:
>>>
>>> Jul 15 01:35:12 nc4010 kernel: ACPI: Critical trip point
>>> Jul 15 01:35:12 nc4010 kernel: Critical temperature reached (113 C), 
>>> shutting down.
>>> Jul 15 01:35:12 nc4010 kernel: Critical temperature reached (55 C), 
>>> shutting down.
>>> Jul 15 01:35:13 nc4010 shutdown[9847]: shutting down for system halt
>>> Jul 15 01:35:13 nc4010 gconfd (rgm-2904): Received signal 15, 
>>> shutting down cleanly
>>> Jul 15 01:35:13 nc4010 gconfd (rgm-2904): Exiting
>>
>>
>> thats WAY hotter than your system should be getting.
>>
>> I'd open it up and make sure the CPU heatsink isn't full of cathair 
>> or something. make sure the airvents aren't blocked when you're using 
>> it, too, and that the fan is working.
>
> I would also check that you have CPU freq scaling on (the cpuspeed 
> daemon) - as your system should NEVER get this hot. 
What/where is the CPU freq scaling and the cpuspeed deamon?