[ltp] Regarding cpu TEMPERATURE

Paul RIVIER linux-thinkpad@linux-thinkpad.org
Tue, 02 Aug 2005 19:45:05 +0200


Radha Krishna Ganti wrote:

>HI,
>  I installed suse 9.3 on my R51 laptop.  I was looking at the temperature, 
>and it shows  around 42-45 C . Also the cpufreq  could be lowered to only 600 
>Mhz unlike
> windows. 
>What is the normal operating temperature for thinkpad? How to lower to that?
> and also how can I scale my CPU frequencies down lower.
>
>-Regards
>Radha Krishna Ganti
>  
>
Hello,
What is the lowest frequency set by windows ? Intel specs say : Under 
600 Mhz, powersave is ridiculous.
My cpu (T42 : Pentium M 1,7 Ghz 'Dothan') fluctuates between 45 °C and 
50 °C when not under load (when I'm reading a web page for exemple).

Paul