cpu overheating

[Arthur Pemberton]

On 12/12/06, Mike Chalmers <mikechalmers70 at gmail.com> wrote:
> 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
>
> --
My CPU had never overheated before then too. I too was pretty sure it
was not my hardware, but after I failed to find confirmation that it
was a software prob, I checked my hardware. Have you?

Get it to overheat, fast reboot, and check what the BIOS says. If it
is really Linux, use an older Kernel version where the over heating
didn't occur.

Franky, in the end I was just happy that Linux alerted me of the problem.

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