Re: Changing temperature trip points

Pavel Machek
2002-11-03T22:23:40Z

Hi!

> Before I discovered the problem with my computer, I'd run a kernel
> compile that brought the core temperature up to over 75 C. A Celeron
> reaches critical temperature with risk of heat death at 70 C. You can't
> assume that all computers are going to have the same safeguards.

They have to.

ACPI is software, and in case of kernel crash there will be no
cooling... So if you don't have your safeguard (I believe you *do*
have it), it will kill itself during kernelcrash when you are not
looking.
Pavel
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