[ltp] Z61p GPU Thermal Issue

[Richard Neill]

>> NOTE: that's a whopping 5 seconds between seeing normal CPU
>> temperatures and a very light CPU load to reaching 128 C on the GPU
>> and ACPI shutting the system down.
>>
>> Thanks, very, very, very much, in advance, if someone has any ideas.
> 
> You did not say whether this laptop ever worked properly. Was it working fine 
> before the Kubuntu install? Also, have you checked the machine in Windows? 
> Just to make sure it is not a hardware problem with your video card...
> 

128 C is *hot*. Can you actually feel it? If the GPU hits 128 degrees 
very suddenly, and then powers down, you may not be able to detect it, 
but if the GPU sits at over 100 degrees for a few minutes, there's no 
way you could keep the laptop on your knee.

It's possible you have a broken sensor instead of a broken GPU.

Also, is the fan running as it should?

As for solutions, have you ever played with Liquid Nitrogen? ;-)
Or, http://www.phys.ncku.edu.tw/~htsu/humor/fry_egg.html

Richard