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. -- Steven Haigh Email: netwiz at crc.id.au Web: http://www.crc.id.au Phone: (03) 9017 0597 - 0404 087 474