> Alan wrote: >>> On 02/25/2008 01:56 PM, Alan wrote: >>>> I am encountering a problem that needs some sort of fix. Not urgent, >>>> but >>>> it is something that eventually needs to be solved. >>>> >>>> I have a laptop that has heat issues. Given a hard enough workload it >>>> will overheat and shutdown. (I have yet to find out where the >>>> temperature >>>> setting is at for this shutdown. Hints would be much appreciated.) >>>> >>> Does it always overheat or does it only happen after a suspend/resume >>> cycle? >> >> I don't use suspend/resume. It overheats when it his max cpu for over 2 >> minutes or so and I don't have it propped up for extra airflow. (It has >> big fan intakes on the bottom of the laptop.) >> >> There is no control in the bios setup to adjust temperature controls. It >> is an HP zv5200. It was pretty nice three+ years ago. Getting a big >> worn now. >> > > I see this problem a lot with an older HP laptop. I have the > cpu-frequency applet set up in gnome and shift down the speed using the > applet control. My bios does not set the maximum speed either. > Not a wonderful cure but it works to prevent cpu from shutting down when > running transactions. There used to be a place where you could set the CPU temperature that would cause shutdown. I used to know how to do it back in the FC2 days. Either I have forgotten or it has changed. (It used to run at full throttle all the time when FC2 started out.) But I can't check now as the fix to the partial transactions has totally removed my ability to log in to the box. -- fedora-test-list mailing list fedora-test-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-test-list
