> Robin Laing wrote: >> 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.) >>> >> >> Get a can of compressed air and blow it through your fan openings if you >> can. This may clear out some of the dust and give you some more working >> room for temp as well. > > The BIOS setup should have something like "Hardware Monitor" or "PC > Health Status" that will have the sensors display, and nearby should be > the settings for the fans and temperature alarm levels. > > Be *Very Careful* of course. > > Setting the overheat shutdown temperature too high could irrevocably > damage your CPU and/or other chips on the motherboard. > > I wouldn't happen to be a dell machine BTW? Nope. HP zv5200z. It is a three+ year old AMD64 machine. It was the fastest thing I could find three years ago. Still a pretty hot machine, now even more so. -- fedora-test-list mailing list fedora-test-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-test-list
