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 and speed, then
> firmware for possible related updates.
>
> If it helps, my specifics are (according to dmidecode):
>
> BIOS Information
> Vendor: Dell Inc.
> Version: A19
> Release Date: 06/24/2013
> System Information
> Manufacturer: Dell Inc.
> Product Name: Latitude E6420
> Version: 01
> Base Board Information
> Manufacturer: Dell Inc.
> Product Name: 032T9K
> Version: A01
Thanks for that. I have the laptop running now and am logged into a
virtual console.
dmidecode details for my laptop:
BIOS Information
Vendor: Dell Inc.
Version: A21
Release Date: 11/14/2013
System Information
Manufacturer: Dell Inc.
Product Name: Latitude E6420
Version: 01
Base Board Information
Manufacturer: Dell Inc.
Product Name: 032T9K
Version: A02
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.