From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Dominik Brodowski Subject: Re: Changing temperature trip points Date: Sun, 3 Nov 2002 23:29:41 +0100 Sender: acpi-devel-admin-5NWGOfrQmneRv+LV9MX5uipxlwaOVQ5f@public.gmane.org Message-ID: <20021103232941.F19750@brodo.de> References: <20021103220251.GC28704@atrey.karlin.mff.cuni.cz> <000301c28385$b68eb510$c200a8c0@pikachu> <20021103221143.GF28704@atrey.karlin.mff.cuni.cz> <20021103231846.D19750@brodo.de> <20021103222222.GJ28704@atrey.karlin.mff.cuni.cz> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Return-path: Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20021103222222.GJ28704-jyMamyUUXNJG4ohzP4jBZS1Fcj925eT/@public.gmane.org>; from pavel-+ZI9xUNit7I@public.gmane.org on Sun, Nov 03, 2002 at 11:22:22PM +0100 Errors-To: acpi-devel-admin-5NWGOfrQmneRv+LV9MX5uipxlwaOVQ5f@public.gmane.org List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: To: Pavel Machek Cc: Edmund Rhudy , acpi-devel-5NWGOfrQmneRv+LV9MX5uipxlwaOVQ5f@public.gmane.org List-Id: linux-acpi@vger.kernel.org On Sun, Nov 03, 2002 at 11:22:22PM +0100, Pavel Machek wrote: > Hi! >=20 > > Actually, I doubt that it will power off. Assume your BIOS vendor set > > critical to 110=B0C (my vendor did so). And the CPU burns through at = 70=B0C. > > Let's assume no thermal management objects like fans exist. Without c= ustom > > polling, a trip point of 65=B0C for critical has no, really no effect= . The > > CPU melts down. Or am I missing something? >=20 > Yes, you are missing reality. >=20 > Try stopping your fan and see what happens. I believe you'll see your > notebook powering off itself at <90C, low enough to keep cpu alive. I hope that such a safeguard is present. But I don't know it. And I won't test it. Better be safe than sorry.=20 Dominik ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: ApacheCon, November 18-21 in Las Vegas (supported by COMDEX), the only Apache event to be fully supported by the ASF. http://www.apachecon.com