Help: Machine says it's running hot

[Arthur Pemberton]

On 10/25/06, Tony Nelson <tonynelson at georgeanelson.com> wrote:
> At 9:41 AM -0500 10/25/06, Arthur Pemberton wrote:
> >I got messages saying that the machine was running hot on several
> >occasions. The first time, I shut down the machine, check thed the
> >temp in the BIOS (68 degrees C) and then proceeded to clean out the
> >CPU fan, and dusted teh rest of the machine.
> >
> >The second time I just restarted to the BIOS to check the temp again
> >myself: 74 degrees C Both these temps are supposed to be within the
> >okay range of my Intel Celeron running at 2.8 GHz.
> >
> >Please advise on what could be causing this, the message (pasted
> >below) are very unsettling.
> >
> >======================================================
> >Oct 25 01:38:00 Watson kernel: CPU0: Temperature above threshold
> >Oct 25 01:38:00 Watson kernel: CPU0: Running in modulated clock mode
> >Oct 25 01:38:03 Watson ntpd[2569]: kernel time sync enabled 0001
> >Oct 25 01:38:05 Watson kernel: CPU0: Temperature above threshold
> >Oct 25 01:38:05 Watson kernel: CPU0: Running in modulated clock mode
> >Oct 25 01:38:10 Watson kernel: CPU0: Temperature above threshold
> >Oct 25 01:38:10 Watson kernel: CPU0: Running in modulated clock mode
> >Oct 25 01:38:15 Watson kernel: CPU0: Temperature above threshold
> >Oct 25 01:38:15 Watson kernel: CPU0: Running in modulated clock mode
> >Oct 25 01:38:20 Watson kernel: CPU0: Temperature/speed normal
> >Oct 25 01:38:25 Watson kernel: CPU0: Temperature above threshold
> >======================================================
>
> What is the threshold set to?
> --

I do not know, and do not know how to find out.

What is the command, if you know?

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