On 7/1/2012 7:45 AM, mammar wrote:
> On Sun, Jul 1, 2012 at 7:31 PM, Arjan van de Ven <arjan(a)linux.intel.com
> <mailto:arjan(a)linux.intel.com>> wrote:
> 
>     On 7/1/2012 6:58 AM, mammar wrote:
>     > Hi,
>     >
>     > I have Dell Inspiron N5010( Intel(R) Core(TM) i3 CPU M 350 @ 2.27GHz )
>     > with Fedora 16 installed on it.
>     > Here is what uname -a says
>     >
>     > Linux ma-laptop 3.1.9-1.fc16.x86_64 #1 SMP Fri Jan 13 16:37:42 UTC
>     2012
>     > x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
>     >
>     > From past some days, my cpu cores tempruatre goes above the limits and
>     > causes my laptop to shutdown...Following is the message i got when
>     start
>     > the laptop after shutdown due to core temprature
>     >
>     > Jun 25 12:38:33 ma-laptop kernel: [10444.383370] CPU3: Core
>     temperature
>     > above threshold, cpu clock throttled (total events = 1)
>     > Jun 25 12:38:33 ma-laptop kernel: [10444.383374] CPU1: Core
>     temperature
>     > above threshold, cpu clock throttled (total events = 1)
>     >
>     > Anyone have any idea about this issue? How to solve this issue?
> 
>     these symptoms are almost always a sign of a not well functioning fan
> 
>     if you have one of those cans of compressed air, try blowing it out...
> 
> 
> Thanks for your reply.
> Arjan, Sorry i didn't got you...should i replace the fans or go for
> laptop service

if you have a can of compressed air (or any other way to blow air
somewhere), blow air into the fan area from the outside. that may get
the dust/etc to loosen and come out.