[ltp] T41 shutdown when ripping dvd

[honey]

Thanks for the various replies and corrections on undervolting vs
underclocking - I hadn't tuned in and understood the difference.
Presumably though if I did this, to fix the problem, and something bad
happened, IBM would wash their hands of it?  Although I appreciate that
lots of people have used this successfully.  It just galls me a bit, and
a call to IBM/Lenovo, while always somewhat painful (usually involving 5
calls in a runaround and being told it's all my fault!) might be the
next step.  To be honest, I wouldn't be sure what to look for with
regard to whether the heatsink was sitting happily.

Thanks also for the clue from Damien to look back at the thread on
hacking speedstep-centrino to do the undervolting more easily.  I grew
tired of compiling my own kernel, and rely on package-supplied kernels
now, so am reluctant to do extensive hacking on every kernel update, so
this would seem to make it easier.

So I think my order of priority is:
1. See if cpuspeed -t does the trick

And in the medium term:
2. Look at the speedstep-centrino fix for undervolting, if it's really
straightforward
3. Make the dreaded IBM call.

I really would like to know why so many T-series owners face overheating
though.  Loathe as I am to say it, it never happened with previous
Dells, although of course everything else went wrong.

Honey