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?