high temp?

[Robbie Foust]

My laptop also has 1gb of ram, but I would be surprised if that has 
anything to do with how much heat is generated.  The heat on my machine 
is coming from the processor.

Is there a way to get real-time temp readings in linux?  It would be 
interesting to monitor the temp readings while doing processor intensive 
things.

- Robbie

Robbie Foust
OIT-CASI
Duke University


>>
>> Now its only needed to figure out: Is it the driver, or the hardware?
>> Anyone with same HW and identical config can try and reproduce?
>>
> Greetings:
>
> A similar thing has happened to me on several occasions.  I have an HP 
> Pavilion, model ze5470 US laptop, with a 2.66 GHz P4.  It happens when 
> processor usage is high for an extended period, like when tarring a 
> large file structure.  I noticed that this occurred after I upgraded 
> the memory to 1 GB.  Perhaps the larger memory cards generate more heat.
>
> Regards,
>
> Gary
>