From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Jonas Petersson Subject: Re: Thinkpads running hot Date: Sun, 21 Aug 2005 10:29:09 +0200 Message-ID: <43083B55.4000700@xms.se> References: <43077C3C.5030501@suse.de> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Return-path: In-Reply-To: <43077C3C.5030501-l3A5Bk7waGM@public.gmane.org> Sender: acpi-devel-admin-5NWGOfrQmneRv+LV9MX5uipxlwaOVQ5f@public.gmane.org Errors-To: acpi-devel-admin-5NWGOfrQmneRv+LV9MX5uipxlwaOVQ5f@public.gmane.org List-Unsubscribe: , List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , List-Archive: To: Thomas Renninger Cc: ML ACPI-devel List-Id: linux-acpi@vger.kernel.org Hi Thomas, Thomas Renninger wrote: > I got several reports of Thinkpads shutting down due critical temp limi= t. > Here are some more: > [...] > Still when the processor is on load the critical temperature is reached= quickly > (1-3 minutes?). >=20 > Thinkpads are widespread and I wonder whether others have experienced t= hat problem > and whether it only exists on current kernels or got it solved somehow. Have these Thinkpads been in use for a while? My 1.5 year old ASUS would occasionally turn off like that and initially I assumed it was either a bug or my hardware being close to death. However, when I pulled it apart I found that the way out from the fans were partially blocked by a layer of dust. After I cleaned that out it runs ~20 degrees cooler which seems to solve the problem (and it is less noisy too). In fact, it also seems to have solved my earlier suspend2 issue which would have a seemingly random failure once every two weeks just when X should be refreshed during the final stages of resume. Best / Jonas --=20 Jonas Petersson | XMS Penvision | mailto:Jonas.Petersson-7RBX4Gk6oWI@public.gmane.org Box 3294, V=E4stg=F6tegatan 13, S-600 03 Norrk=F6ping | http://www.xms.se= / Tel: +46 11 400 13 00 | Dir: +46 11 400 13 05 | Fax: +46 11 10 30 50 ------------------------------------------------------- SF.Net email is Sponsored by the Better Software Conference & EXPO September 19-22, 2005 * San Francisco, CA * Development Lifecycle Practic= es Agile & Plan-Driven Development * Managing Projects & Teams * Testing & Q= A Security * Process Improvement & Measurement * http://www.sqe.com/bsce5sf