[ltp] X60 overheating, temperatures at full speed

Henrique de Moraes Holschuh linux-thinkpad@linux-thinkpad.org
Fri, 3 Oct 2008 13:30:01 -0300


On Fri, 03 Oct 2008, martin kot wrote:
> My X60 is now in for service a second time. The technicians tell med
> that they can't crank the temperature up to more than 56C, which is
> more or less opposite of what I experienced. Now the technician wants
> more details about the software being used, and I guess I'll have to
> explain that it's linux with usual desktop software. Wonder if they
> are going to be understandable in that matter. Oh well, I will not
> give up so easily.

Point them to one of the CPUburn utilities for Windows, or one of those
math loops people use when testing overclock and undervolting...

That will crank the CPU up right away.

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