RPM problem - overheating actually

[Alan]

> Robin Laing wrote:
>> 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.)
>>>
>>
>> Get a can of compressed air and blow it through your fan openings if you
>> can.  This may clear out some of the dust and give you some more working
>> room for temp as well.
>
> The BIOS setup should have something like "Hardware Monitor" or "PC
> Health Status" that will have the sensors display, and nearby should be
> the settings for the fans and temperature alarm levels.
>
> Be *Very Careful* of course.
>
> Setting the overheat shutdown temperature too high could irrevocably
> damage your CPU and/or other chips on the motherboard.
>
> I wouldn't happen to be a dell machine BTW?

Nope. HP zv5200z.  It is a three+ year old AMD64 machine.  It was the
fastest thing I could find three years ago.  Still a pretty hot machine,
now even more so.