[ltp] 80°C in a T41p?

[Joachim Breitner]

Hi,

Am Sonntag, den 16.07.2006, 18:56 +0200 schrieb U Kuehn:
> Joachim Breitner wrote:
> > since my machine came back from repair, it seems to become strangely
> > hot. At first I thought that a BIOS upgrade might have sacrified coolin=
g
> > in favor of noise, but that much? I regulary get more than 80°C,
> > sometimes even 90°C when compiling my kernel etc.
> > 
> Under normal work my machine stays at around 39 degrees (although I
> undervolt it a bit). And then, I told the frequency demon to switch down
> to 600 MHz if the temperature is above 55 degrees.
> 
> I would suspect that the repair people did not put enough thermal paste
> between processor and cooling engine. Or they just used the old stuff...
>
> Hope this helps

It does a bit, although I can't really afford to send it _in_ again
right now (and in a short time I'll be in Ghana, where I don't want to
send it in either)

Would you mind disabling the frequency control and check if you fan
keeps your CPU at full load below 70°C?

Thanks,
Joachim

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