temperature issue on Debi

[L.Tolstoi]

Hello friends,

I'm experiencing a high temperature problem with a r3200 machine running
Debian Etch.

Every time I try to run a heavy application (let's say, Cinelerra or any
other video app), the OS shuts down X and print out a message from the
kernel: "temperature too high, shutdown: hda".

I wonder if any of you experienced something similar. I was thinking about
opening the case to check if the fans are working okay.

Any comments on that are appreciated!

cheers,
Luis Felipe.

[Rudolph Pienaar]

Post by L.Tolstoi
Every time I try to run a heavy application (let's say, Cinelerra or any
other video app), the OS shuts down X and print out a message from the
kernel: "temperature too high, shutdown: hda".
I wonder if any of you experienced something similar. I was thinking about
opening the case to check if the fans are working okay.

My R3000Z (running amd64-gentoo) was overheating, too. Eventually I had
enough, and flipped the laptop over and removed the housing over the two fans
(it's easy to see which housing it is). In my case, the fans were covered in
a deep layer of two-years' worth of accumulated dust. I cleaned them mostly
by blowing really forcefully over them a couple of times.

Since then the machine runs about 15-20C cooler! That is a significant
difference. At full throttle (2.4GHz), it would average about 70-75C during
my typical loading. Now it is idling along at 55C doing the same work.

HTH
-=R

[JT Moree]

Post by Rudolph Pienaar
Since then the machine runs about 15-20C cooler! That is a significant
difference. At full throttle (2.4GHz), it would average about 70-75C during
my typical loading. Now it is idling along at 55C doing the same work.

me too. i fried a stick of ram when it started shutting down on its
own. cleaning out made big difference.
- --
JT Morée
PC Xperience, Inc.

[Jeffrey Wood]

Hello,
Here's another vote for cleaning out the fans. It definetly keeps mine
cooler to clean them out once in awhile. I have also been able to get my
temp way down in windows using undervolting but I havn't been able to
figure out a way to do it in linux. With the undervolting on my 3200+ it
will run as low as 23C with speed stepping keeping it at 800mhz when at
load I don't think it ever get's above 40C. I love it, it makes a huge
difference in battery life too, I wish There was a way to make linux
undervolt because right now it's one of the big perks windows has for me.
Jeff

Post by L.Tolstoi
Hello friends,
I'm experiencing a high temperature problem with a r3200 machine running
Debian Etch.
Every time I try to run a heavy application (let's say, Cinelerra or any
other video app), the OS shuts down X and print out a message from the
kernel: "temperature too high, shutdown: hda".
I wonder if any of you experienced something similar. I was thinking about
opening the case to check if the fans are working okay.
Any comments on that are appreciated!
cheers,
Luis Felipe.
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