[ltp] t41p gets damn hot

[U Kuehn]

phaidros wrote:
> hi,
> 
> I got my motherboard replaced by ibm support (usb died), and installed
> new system, this time ubuntu, no longer gentoo.
> Now the machine is really fast "overheating". ACPI thermal sensor say
> sometimes around 80-90 Celsius, which is very hot. All cpufreq gouvenors
> try to set low frequency when its getting hot, but even with
> "conservative" the machine shuts down because of overheating when having
> usual load. I have the feeling it wasn't like that before, but I'm not
> sure.
> What are your experiences with temperature on heavy load? Is there a
> useful cure (running always an 600-1000MHz on a 1.7GHz machine is not
> useful ;) )? Could this be a hardware problem?
> 
> 

It sounds like your cpu is not cooled enough. Make sure that there is
enough and new (!!!) thermal paste between the cpu and the cooling
system. A while back somebody here on the list had similar symptons, and
exactly this problem...

Hope this helps to resolve the problem,

Ulrich