[ltp] Re: Re: rebooting under heavy load

Marcus Better linux-thinkpad@linux-thinkpad.org
Tue, 15 May 2007 06:21:08 +0200


Macskasi Csaba wrote:
>>> Also throttling down the CPU might help.

>> Thanks, will give it a try.

> Well, that doesn't make much sense, does it? While compiling, we usually
> want full power...

Rebooting in the middle makes even less sense. It could help if it's a
cooling problem. OTOH if it gets overheated under normal conditions,
doesn't that mean there is a hardware problem? (Or is it just a crappy
laptop?)

> Nasty crashes occured on my thinkpad due to heavy undervolting. They
> happen randomly.

I'm not doing such things.

Regards,

Marcus