[ltp] T43: Overheating?

[Damien Challet]

> >Starting on AC and then compiling results in a very fast temperature
> >increase to 70C. After a few more minutes, it is 75. On extended
> >compiles, this can reach 80C, and has even reached 82C.
> >
> >Am I correct in thinking these temperatures are ludicrous? Even if i put
> >the fan to 7 (highest), the RPM is only about 4600 - 4800, and that
> >temperature just goes up and up. Leaving it on auto allows the cpu to
> >get even hotter.
>
> They are quite high. I had a T41 which also heated well over 80=B0C.
> The problem with my T41 was that CPU also warmed up the GPU. The
> LCD screen started to flicker when GPU heated over 76=B0C, so I did
> some experiments with some of the T4X laptops lying around in
> office. I tested three computers. In those laptops the CPU
> temperature did not raise above 66=B0C even under extensive CPU load
> (something like repeately compiling kernel with make -j4).

I use my undervolted Banias 1.7GHz for scientific computations, and the CPU=
=20
temp hovers around 56C (it was something like 82C before).