-----Original Message----- From: deoren Sent: Tuesday, June 16, 2015 9:26 PM
On 6/15/2015 2:04 PM, Jim Perrin wrote:
I use a dell e6420 as my daily laptop/workstation. It stays
docked and
on 24/7 while at home, often running multiple vms or docker
containers.
I've not experienced what you have described. The laptop does get a little warm during certain video conference meetings, I do not have any thermal shutdown events. I would check for fan function
The most common issue with E6 series laptops is dust/lint/hair in the fan grill.
The bios fan control is based on an efficient extraction of heat, but a small amount of lint will keep it heatsink warmer longer.
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I might try downgrading the BIOS version to see if that helps. I don't know that I've tried doing that with Dell's utility before, but I'll give it a shot.
I setup a short loop to append the output of /usr/bin/sensors to a log file and then call 'sync' just after.
This is the last entry just before the system shut down:
acpitz-virtual-0 Adapter: Virtual device temp1: +25.0°C (crit = +107.0°C)
nouveau-pci-0100 Adapter: PCI adapter temp1: N/A (high = +95.0°C, hyst = +3.0°C) (crit = +105.0°C, hyst = +5.0°C) (emerg = +135.0°C, hyst = +5.0°C)
coretemp-isa-0000 Adapter: ISA adapter Physical id 0: +46.0°C (high = +86.0°C, crit = +100.0°C) Core 0: +46.0°C (high = +86.0°C, crit = +100.0°C) Core 1: +42.0°C (high = +86.0°C, crit = +100.0°C)
and this is the first entry just before I logged in:
acpitz-virtual-0 Adapter: Virtual device temp1: +25.0°C (crit = +107.0°C)
nouveau-pci-0100 Adapter: PCI adapter temp1: N/A (high = +95.0°C, hyst = +3.0°C) (crit = +105.0°C, hyst = +5.0°C) (emerg = +135.0°C, hyst = +5.0°C)
coretemp-isa-0000 Adapter: ISA adapter Physical id 0: +40.0°C (high = +86.0°C, crit = +100.0°C) Core 0: +40.0°C (high = +86.0°C, crit = +100.0°C) Core 1: +39.0°C (high = +86.0°C, crit = +100.0°C)
Looks like the system is a bit warm, but not overly so? So far I've not figured out how to check the fan speed. I'll keep looking.
That is the tell tail sign, as it is not cool when under low to no load.
Force the fan to high (dell diagnostic CD or other program) should be strong (moves an empty paper coffee cup) cold air blowing.
-Jason
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