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Date:      Fri, 22 Feb 2008 15:42:05 +0100
From:      =?utf-8?Q?Dag-Erling_Sm=C3=B8rgrav?= <des@des.no>
To:        "Alexandre \"Sunny\" Kovalenko" <alex.kovalenko@verizon.net>
Cc:        svein-listmail@d80.iso100.no, freebsd-current <freebsd-current@freebsd.org>, Mikael Ikivesi <mikael.ikivesi@pp.inet.fi>
Subject:   Re: 2 core dumps
Message-ID:  <86oda9oxxe.fsf@ds4.des.no>
In-Reply-To: <1203686245.63435.12.camel@RabbitsDen> (Alexandre Kovalenko's message of "Fri\, 22 Feb 2008 08\:17\:24 -0500")
References:  <20080219104532.0dc2b565@chaos.nox> <47BDB92C.9050808@d80.iso100.no> <20080222113646.2dbb9ec1@chaos.nox> <86zlttqmc9.fsf@ds4.des.no> <1203686245.63435.12.camel@RabbitsDen>

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"Alexandre \"Sunny\" Kovalenko" <alex.kovalenko@verizon.net> writes:
> Dag-Erling Sm=C3=B8rgrav <des@des.no> writes:
>> Your laptop overheats when running at its rated frequency?  That's your
>> answer.  Hardware error.  [...]
> If "overheated" in this context means "initiated critical shutdown"
> [...]

No, unless the Athlon has an internal temperature sensor and shuts
itself down when it reaches critical temperature, like the Intel Core
and Core 2 do.

You can't rely on the BIOS or the OS to do it, because you have no idea
where the temperature sensor they rely on is placed.

> However, if "overheated" means "discolored and deformed plastic parts",
> you are absolutely right.

Right.  Your laptop is dead.  Deal with it.

DES
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Dag-Erling Sm=C3=B8rgrav - des@des.no



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