Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: 2.6.21-rc5: Thinkpad X60 gets critical thermal shutdowns | From | Valdis.Kletnieks@vt ... | Date | Sun, 08 Apr 2007 15:09:57 -0400 |
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On Mon, 02 Apr 2007 10:35:40 +0200, Rene Rebe said:
(Sorry for the late reply..)
> IIRC a MSI Megabook S270 (I formerly owned) BIOS notifies this > "Critical temperature reached (128C)" when the battery run empty > when the OS did no action due to battery low indications. I guess > the BIOS people thought this is a good last resort to let the OS > really shutdown before the box just turns off.
It's not just MSI - I recently managed to put a Dell Latitude D820 into its bag while still running, where it babbled to itself running on the warm side for several hours. When I finally did get it out, it *was* quite hot to the touch, but I was amazed that it managed to run the battery down to somewhere under 4% (which took some 4 or 5 hours) and then throw the thermal check that made it shut down - quite the coincidence indeed.
However, "ran warm but tolerable and then used the thermal to shut down when the battery failed" matches the symptoms much better....
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