RPM problem
Jim Cornette
fct-cornette at insight.rr.com
Mon Feb 25 22:51:04 UTC 2008
Alan wrote:
>> On 02/25/2008 01:56 PM, Alan wrote:
>>> I am encountering a problem that needs some sort of fix. Not urgent,
>>> but
>>> it is something that eventually needs to be solved.
>>>
>>> I have a laptop that has heat issues. Given a hard enough workload it
>>> will overheat and shutdown. (I have yet to find out where the
>>> temperature
>>> setting is at for this shutdown. Hints would be much appreciated.)
>>>
>> Does it always overheat or does it only happen after a suspend/resume
>> cycle?
>
> I don't use suspend/resume. It overheats when it his max cpu for over 2
> minutes or so and I don't have it propped up for extra airflow. (It has
> big fan intakes on the bottom of the laptop.)
>
> There is no control in the bios setup to adjust temperature controls. It
> is an HP zv5200. It was pretty nice three+ years ago. Getting a big
> worn now.
>
I see this problem a lot with an older HP laptop. I have the
cpu-frequency applet set up in gnome and shift down the speed using the
applet control. My bios does not set the maximum speed either.
Not a wonderful cure but it works to prevent cpu from shutting down when
running transactions.
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