[vox-tech] overheating

[Brian Lavender]

Take a look at sysstat. Or, take a look at your speedstep if you have a
speedstep processor. In the old days, it was a little tricky to get
going, but modern day distros have it dialed in.


On Wed, Jun 17, 2009 at 10:26:50AM -0700, Bill Broadley wrote:
> Gandalf Parker wrote:
> > Since kernel upgrade (debian etch) Ive gotten occassional messages to console about overheating CPU.
> > 
> > Getting hardware fixes is out of the question for the moment. Any
> > suggestions on pinning down which programs are causing it?
> 
> Seems kinda strange to blame a program for overheating.  Certainly anything
> that causes more CPU usage causes more heat.  Even a pegged CPU shouldn't
> overhead a system though.  The flip side is that if something is wrong even an
> idle system could overheat.
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