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linux-source-2.6.17 package

  1. Bug #22336
  2. Comment #29

Comment 29 for bug 22336

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Michele Campeotto (michelec) wrote : Re: laptop overheats when performing CPU intensive tasks.

Yes, I get similar problems on a P4 desktop. We have three identical computers (Acer 7600GT with NVidia FX6600) running Dapper here and two of them have this problem.

$ cat /proc/acpi/thermal_zone/THRM/trip_points
critical (S5): 90 C
$ cat /proc/acpi/thermal_zone/THRM/cooling_mode
<setting not supported>
cooling mode: critical
$ cat /proc/acpi/thermal_zone/THRM/polling_frequency
<polling disabled>
$ cat /proc/acpi/thermal_zone/THRM/state
state: ok

I just tried disabling powernowd so see if it helps.