cpu overheating

Matthew Saltzman mjs at ces.clemson.edu
Mon Dec 11 18:37:30 UTC 2006


On Tue, 12 Dec 2006, Arthur Pemberton wrote:

> On 12/12/06, Mike Chalmers <mikechalmers70 at gmail.com> 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.
>> 
>> Having problems like this in Linux is unacceptable. That could have
>> caused major damage. Things like this need to be worked out. Linux
>> needs to focus more on the here and now and not keep pushing for the
>> newest technology.
>> 
>> Don't get me wrong I think Linux is a gem. I like the GPL but I don't
>> like how company's can use people's software and make profit. The
>> people that make the software should be getting paid if anyone is
>> getting paid.
>> 
>> 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.
>> 
>> Kind Regards,
>> Mike
>> 
>
> Have you considered that maybe your CPU was realy over heating and
> Linux didn't have much to do with it?
>
> Similiar happened to me recently, post a kernel upgrade. I thought it
> was the new kernel, turned out that the CPU was over heating. I
> cleaned up the dust and put in a new CPU fan with new thermal gel. Now
> I'm running cooler than before.

Recently installed FC6 on an old P-III 500MHz.  At first, it would 
reliably do thermal shutdowns during the dependency resolution step.  Also 
did shutdowns during memtest86.

I swapped the CPU package from one of the two slots to the other (tried to 
get airflow across the package back and probably shook out some dust) and 
it's been fine ever since.

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 		Matthew Saltzman

Clemson University Math Sciences
mjs AT clemson DOT edu
http://www.math.clemson.edu/~mjs




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