[CentOS] Tired of temp induced shutdowns

[Steven Haigh]

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.

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Steven Haigh

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