Re: CPU overheating -- hangs

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Author: Steven Balthazor
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To: plug-discuss
Subject: Re: CPU overheating -- hangs
On Apr 8, 2005 2:32 PM, Simon Chatfield <> wrote:
>
> Hi to the group, I've got an issue with linux on my
> laptop when it starts doing anything cpu intensive. I
> get these two messages on my consoles as well as in
> /var/log/messages
>
> Apr 8 13:58:23 localhost kernel: CPU0: Temperature
> above threshold
> Apr 8 13:58:23 localhost kernel: CPU0: Running in
> modulated clock mode
>
> Shortly after these messages (seconds) the system
> hangs. So my question is how do I modify the
> temperature threshold to make it lower so it modulates
> earlier and hopefully avoiding the hard hang.
>
> I would really love to do this without re-compiling
> the kernel, I'm currently running


Have you tried compressed air? I have had the similar overheating
problems on a laptop before that were solved with about half a can of
compressed air blown into all the vents; thereby dislodging all the
accumulated dust which prevents efficient heat transfer. I had myself
almost convinced it was a motherboard failure until I used this $5
trick.

Regards,
Steve
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