cpu overheating

Mike Chalmers mikechalmers70 at gmail.com
Mon Dec 11 18:24:10 UTC 2006


On 12/11/06, James Wilkinson <fedora at aprilcottage.co.uk> wrote:
> Mike Chalmers wrote:
> > When I ran "yum update", when it started to install the updates it
> > said something like cpu 0 overheating cpu 1 overheating. Then my
> > screen went black for a second and the next thing I new is I was at
> > the login screen.
>
> Ouch.
>
> If the CPU is overheating, then that's a hardware problem. Check your
> fans, check BIOS settings to see what the temperature really is, check
> that your heatsinks are properly attached. And check that your backups
> are good.
>
> What sort of system is it -- laptop? Desktop? How old is it?
>
> > Having problems like this in Linux is unacceptable.
>
> Quite. But blaming Linux is also unacceptable. If software can do this,
> then that's a hardware fault -- hardware should not react like this
> *whatever* software does. (For one thing, how do you know that this
> wouldn't happen if you were running a malicious Java applet?)
>
> > Once again, things like this are unacceptable. I am afraid to use
> > Fedora 6 now. I alos, have am having problems after a clean
> > installation.
>
> That's misplaced fear -- fear your *hardware*.
>
> Hope this helps,
>
> James.
>
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I like Linux, alot. I mean alot. I like what it stands for (besides
the corporations). But my CPU has never overheated. I am pretty sure
that it is not my hardware. It could be a bug in Linux. The kernel
could be be sending incorrect frequencies to the hardware or something
like that.

Kind Regards,
Preston




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