Messages in this thread | | | From | Kyle Moffett <> | Subject | Re: 2.6.21-rc5: Thinkpad X60 gets critical thermal shutdowns | Date | Sun, 1 Apr 2007 14:57:57 -0400 |
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On Mar 31, 2007, at 02:36:08, Jeremy Fitzhardinge wrote: > When I run 2.6.21-rc5 + Andi's x86 patches + paravirt_ops patches, > I've been getting my machine shut down with critical thermal > shutdown messages: > > Mar 30 23:19:03 localhost kernel: ACPI: Critical trip point > Mar 30 23:19:03 localhost kernel: Critical temperature reached (128 > C), shutting down. > Mar 30 23:19:03 localhost kernel: Critical temperature reached (128 > C), shutting down. > Mar 30 23:19:03 localhost shutdown[19417]: shutting down for system > halt > > and the machine does feel pretty hot. Interestingly, when the > machine reboots, the fan spins up to a noticeably higher speed, so > it seems that maybe something is getting fan speed control wrong.
Well, 128C is more than hot enough to boil water and well above the thermal tolerances of most CPUs, so I would imagine that were your CPU actually that hot it wouldn't be capable of printing the "Critical temperature reached" messages, let alone properly rebooting.
Cheers, Kyle Moffett
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