[GRLUG] temperature problems

[Richard Nienhuis]

Well, get a multimeter with a temp probe I guess.  Or check if your bios has
a thermal cutoff temp setting.  I'm just saying those programs are
frequently inaccurate because they incorrectly apply some constant that is
cpu model specific.

Maybe try a different program or boot to a windows partition and run
speedfan, which is usually able to guess the right value.

On Thu, Oct 27, 2011 at 12:34 AM, Mike Williams <knightperson at zuzax.com>wrote:

> **
> Assuming the fan is working, by the time I get down to a BIOS, the CPU will
> be quite a bit cooler than it was while running, so a lower reading in the
> BIOS won't mean much. Will it?
>
>
> On 10/27/2011 12:30 AM, Richard Nienhuis wrote:
>
> Those apps are frequently inaccurate.  Check it in your bios if it will
> read back your temp.
>
> On Thu, Oct 27, 2011 at 12:21 AM, Mike Williams <knightperson at zuzax.com>wrote:
>
>> My trusty Toshiba laptop runs awfully hot based on the gnome sensors
>> applet. If it's not reading true, it's at least showing something related to
>> temperature as the reading goes up under load and down at other times. As I
>> start writing this, it had just hit 98C and produced a "Core temperature
>> above threshold, cpu clock throttled" message. What worries me is that while
>> the fan is blowing, it's doing so at far below its fastest speed. I don't
>> think the fan is just clogged or anything because in Windows it will go much
>> faster. It seems like the equation for when the fan goes to what speed needs
>> adjusting, but I don't know where that is.
>>
>> Any ideas how to fix this? OS is Ubuntu 10.10. The hardware is a Toshiba
>> a305-s6872, which is a core2duo centrino running an Intel GM45 chipset.
>>
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