Date: Fri, 22 Sep 2006 20:15:07 -0400 From: "Alexandre \"Sunny\" Kovalenko" <alex.kovalenko@verizon.net> To: David Wolfskill <david@catwhisker.org> Cc: acpi@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Avoiding "WARNING: system temperature too high, shutting down soon!"? Message-ID: <1158970507.1129.4.camel@RabbitsDen.RabbitsLawn.verizon.net> In-Reply-To: <20060922140804.GA12665@bunrab.catwhisker.org> References: <20060916234642.GC698@bunrab.catwhisker.org> <20060922140804.GA12665@bunrab.catwhisker.org>
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On Fri, 2006-09-22 at 07:08 -0700, David Wolfskill wrote: > On Sat, Sep 16, 2006 at 04:46:42PM -0700, David Wolfskill wrote: > > I could use some help: I seem to overheat my laptop; I'd like to get > > some idea of how to avoid the overheating, preferably while still > > getting the work done. > > ... > > I received several useful suggestions, and I have the problem mitigated > while I await word from places that advertise that they will do laptop > repairs. <snip> > One thing I found that I thought was a bit odd: I ran a script to poll > the current CPU frequency & the temperature every 10 seconds (& report > the same, along with the date) to stdout. I started running that while > I ran "make buildworld" and found that the temperature consistently ran > about 10C lower with the lid closed. (I have the BIOS set for the > machine to remain active when the lid is closed so I can start a "make > buildworld," then put the machine in the car, commute to work, and have > it do productive work during that time. That might be a hint that source of your thermal troubles is graphics chipset or northbridge. On some systems they would have their own fan. I am assuming that you have LCD turned off when lid is closed, though. -- Alexandre "Sunny" Kovalenko
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