From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Oct 1 17:57:08 2007 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C210E16A418 for ; Mon, 1 Oct 2007 17:57:08 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from gamato@users.sf.net) Received: from slimak.dkm.cz (smtp.dkm.cz [62.24.64.34]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 2D5DD13C45B for ; Mon, 1 Oct 2007 17:57:07 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from gamato@users.sf.net) Received: (qmail 95512 invoked by uid 0); 1 Oct 2007 17:34:57 -0000 Received: from r5j156.net.upc.cz (HELO ?86.49.9.156?) (86.49.9.156) by smtp.dkm.cz with SMTP; 1 Oct 2007 17:34:57 -0000 Message-ID: <47012FC0.5020001@users.sf.net> Date: Mon, 01 Oct 2007 19:34:56 +0200 From: mato User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; FreeBSD i386; en-US; rv:1.8.1.6) Gecko/20070821 SeaMonkey/1.1.4 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Kevin Oberman X-Priority: 4 (Low) References: <20070925224318.33A6645012@ptavv.es.net> In-Reply-To: <20070925224318.33A6645012@ptavv.es.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-2; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: GSoC2007: cnst-sensors.2007-09-13.patch X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 01 Oct 2007 17:57:08 -0000 Kevin Oberman wrote: >> From: martinko >> Date: Tue, 25 Sep 2007 20:35:44 +0200 >> Sender: owner-freebsd-current@freebsd.org >> >> Chuck Swiger wrote: >> >>> The threshold temperature varies depending on the exact part, but is >>> generally around 65 Celsius-- and is hot enough that you don't really >>> want to encounter it in normal operation, as it's a sign that cooling is >>> not adequate for the system to continue to operate safely at full >>> speed. Most of the Intel CPUs also include a second thermal circuit >>> called THERMTRIP which fires around 95 Celsius which will shut the CPU >>> down entirely to prevent a catastrophic failure. >>> >>> >> I've got Pentium-M at 2GHz and when fully loaded it heats up to 79 >> Celsius. Could it be OK or do I have a faulty laptop ? >> > > My Pentium-M 2GHz system will get well above 80C when doing big builds > and this is well below the defined PSV (94.5C) and CRT (99C) > levels. These things can run very hot and be perfectly happy. > > OTOH, it might be time to clean the heatsink in the machine. That can > hurt heat transfer as a machine gets older. > > FWIW, the spec on the Pentium-M 2GHZ system is 105C, so CRT at 99 looks > right. > Mine says: hw.acpi.thermal.tz0._PSV: 105.0C hw.acpi.thermal.tz0._CRT: 110.0C This is Asus W1N laptop.