cpu overheating

Arthur Pemberton pemboa at gmail.com
Mon Dec 11 19:57:04 UTC 2006


On 12/12/06, Mike Chalmers <mikechalmers70 at gmail.com> wrote:
> On 12/11/06, Matthew Saltzman <mjs at ces.clemson.edu> wrote:
> > 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
> >
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> > mjs AT clemson DOT edu
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>
> I will try dusting it off. I still don't know why it would have never
> happened before. Matthew, what kind of fan did you use? Price is not
> an option on the fan, because that is important. But not to high. Does
> anyone recommend thermoelectric cooling?
>
> What is a reliable shutdown? I don't think the screen going black then
> returning me to the is a reliable shutdown, is it?
>
> I don't think letting it overheat again is a good idea. It could break
> it. It is Intel P4 HT 3.0 ghz processor. Can't afford to lose that. If
> I did run update again and the cpu overheated, wouldn't that mean it
> was Linux?

You seem not to be listening to us. Have you bothered to checked what
the BIOS says? Yum update is just making a lot of use of your CPU, it
is _incapable_ of causing that problem you described by itself.

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