Hi list. I'm new to the list, this is my first post, so please tell me if there's any information missing. After a reaching 75?C high, our hosted server got a forced shutdown due to an acpi event today. May 2 18:41:37 blinkenmail kernel: ACPI: Critical trip point May 2 18:41:37 blinkenmail kernel: Critical temperature reached (76 C), shutting down. May 2 18:41:37 blinkenmail shutdown[2522]: shutting down for system halt May 2 18:41:37 blinkenmail kernel: ACPI: Unable to turn cooling device [c1b17dec] 'on' May 2 18:41:38 blinkenmail init: Switching to runlevel: 0 May 2 18:41:43 blinkenmail kernel: ACPI: Critical trip point May 2 18:41:43 blinkenmail kernel: Critical temperature reached (75 C), shutting down. May 2 18:41:43 blinkenmail kernel: ACPI: Unable to turn cooling device [c1b17dec] 'on' It's a debian etch xen-dom0 running linux 2.6.18-4. I tried to investigate, so I installed lm-sensors ( 2.10.1-3). sensors-detect: Driver `eeprom' (should be inserted): Detects correctly: * Bus `SMBus Via Pro adapter at 5000' Busdriver `i2c-viapro', I2C address 0x50 Chip `eeprom' (confidence: 6) * Bus `SMBus Via Pro adapter at 5000' Busdriver `i2c-viapro', I2C address 0x51 Chip `eeprom' (confidence: 6) Driver `w83627hf' (should be inserted): Detects correctly: * ISA bus address 0x0290 (Busdriver `i2c-isa') Chip `Winbond W83697HF Super IO Sensors' (confidence: 9) modprobed: i2c-viapro eeprom w83627hf 23:29:57 blinkenmail:~ # lsmod Module Size Used by i2c_dev 9316 0 tun 11104 1 ipv6 229088 34 dm_snapshot 16320 0 dm_mirror 20048 0 dm_mod 51000 2 dm_snapshot,dm_mirror w83627hf 23344 0 hwmon_vid 3552 1 w83627hf eeprom 7792 0 i2c_isa 5920 1 w83627hf i2c_viapro 9012 0 i2c_core 20480 5 i2c_dev,w83627hf,eeprom,i2c_isa,i2c_viapro tulip 48768 0 shpchp 33632 0 pci_hotplug 29472 1 shpchp psmouse 35880 0 pcspkr 3840 0 serio_raw 7428 0 via_agp 10432 1 agpgart 32264 1 via_agp evdev 9856 0 rtc 13300 0 ext3 120072 1 jbd 53224 1 ext3 mbcache 9124 1 ext3 ide_disk 15712 3 via82cxxx 9156 0 [permanent] generic 6244 0 [permanent] ide_core 112392 3 ide_disk,via82cxxx,generic via_rhine 24456 0 mii 6112 1 via_rhine ehci_hcd 29288 0 uhci_hcd 22188 0 sata_via 10980 0 usbcore 114372 3 ehci_hcd,uhci_hcd libata 90868 1 sata_via scsi_mod 125160 1 libata thermal 14376 0 processor 29608 1 thermal fan 5572 0 and sensors gave me: 21:01:27 blinkenmail:plugins # sensors w83697hf-isa-0290 Adapter: ISA adapter VCore: +1.68 V (min = +0.26 V, max = +0.54 V) ALARM +3.3V: +3.26 V (min = +0.66 V, max = +3.87 V) +5V: +5.03 V (min = +0.03 V, max = +0.86 V) ALARM +12V: +11.49 V (min = +5.72 V, max = +4.99 V) ALARM -12V: -11.62 V (min = -13.59 V, max = -3.07 V) -5V: -4.90 V (min = +0.53 V, max = -2.89 V) ALARM V5SB: +5.43 V (min = +5.46 V, max = +1.29 V) ALARM VBat: +3.28 V (min = +0.14 V, max = +1.04 V) ALARM fan1: 2220 RPM (min = 4963 RPM, div = 8) ALARM fan2: 4017 RPM (min = 2481 RPM, div = 8) temp1: +28?C (high = +64?C, hyst = -102?C) sensor = thermistor temp2: +68.5?C (high = +75?C, hyst = +70?C) sensor = diode alarms: Chassis intrusion detection ALARM beep_enable: Sound alarm enabled The system had a load of under 0.10 and the values for temp1 changed between 65 and 69?C. I told the support guy of our hoster that there might be something wrong with the cpu fan and he replaced it with a new one, he said. Now sensors gives me a constant value of -93,5?C for temp2: 23:24:13 blinkenmail:~ # sensors w83697hf-isa-0290 Adapter: ISA adapter VCore: +1.68 V (min = +0.26 V, max = +0.54 V) ALARM +3.3V: +3.25 V (min = +0.66 V, max = +3.89 V) +5V: +5.03 V (min = +0.03 V, max = +0.86 V) ALARM +12V: +11.55 V (min = +5.59 V, max = +4.99 V) ALARM -12V: -11.54 V (min = -14.91 V, max = -3.07 V) -5V: -4.90 V (min = +0.53 V, max = -6.10 V) ALARM V5SB: +5.46 V (min = +5.46 V, max = +1.29 V) ALARM VBat: +3.28 V (min = +0.14 V, max = +1.04 V) ALARM fan1: 2556 RPM (min = 4963 RPM, div = 8) ALARM fan2: 4017 RPM (min = 2481 RPM, div = 8) temp1: +33?C (high = +64?C, hyst = -102?C) sensor = thermistor temp2: -93.5?C (high = +75?C, hyst = +70?C) sensor = diode alarms: Chassis intrusion detection ALARM beep_enable: Sound alarm enabled What does that mean? Any hints are appreciated, Rouven Sacha