Critical Temperature Problem

[Gary Jarrel]

Ok the problem just disappeared, interestingly enough after  I
rebooted out of the live session back into my normal ubuntu, and it
started fine. No clue as to what it was though :(

Thanks for all the help

Gary

On 1/27/06, Gary Jarrel <garyjarrel at gmail.com> wrote:
> My notebook is a HP NW8000 and the compatibility between it and Ubuntu
> is phenomenal. It's been running fine for over a year, on Warty, Hoary
> and now Breezy. The system is alot cooler than it normally is, and has
> not been sitting in the live installation for about an hour and a half
> (I haven't been using it though).
>
> I don't think it's the fan at all, The system would have gotten a lot
> hotter if the fan would have stopped or even slowed down. I would
> assume if the temperature sensor has just died, then a live
> installation wouldn't boot either. I've tried the live install on
> another desktop before with a slow fan and it reached critical
> temperature before gdm loaded.
>
> I would suspect that it's some service, but then again it's been right
> for a year or so. I'll have to make use of my air compressor just in
> case.
>
> On 1/27/06, Daniel L. Miller <dmiller at amfes.com> wrote:
> > Dave wrote:
> > > Gary Jarrel wrote:
> > >> Hi All!
> > >>
> > >> I went to switch my  laptop on this morning, and it starts booting
> > >> then gets to a point saying Critical Temperature Reached (3428 C) and
> > >> shuts down. Tried using both 2.6.12-10 and 2.6.12-9 kernels in normal
> > >> and recovery mode and the problem persists.
> > >>
> > >> Any ideas on what could be causing it? I think that over 3000 degrees
> > >> the CPU and probably my who office would melt down!
> > >>
> > >> Thank you!
> > >>
> > >> Gary
> > >>
> > >>
> > > Hey Gary, maybe the cpu cooling fan is full of dust.
> > >
> > If the CPU fan was actually performing poorly, then the system would be
> > hot to the touch.  Gary hasn't indicated any physical problems.  While
> > it almost never hurts to blast out the fans every once in a while, that'
> > s probably not his problem.
> >
> > No CPU is gonna actually generate 3000+ degress, C or F.  That's a
> > little too hot.
> >
> > Gary - you've said in a later post that the LiveCD operates fine.  I'm
> > assuming your laptop, that previously worked, is not noticeably any
> > hotter than it used to be - otherwise you do indeed have a physical
> > problem.  Still, following my assumption I would check your bios
> > settings for temperature alarms - just because.  You might try disabling
> > them if that's an option (just temporarily).  Then get into Linux -
> > hopefully via your standard boot with the alarms disabled, otherwise via
> > the Live/Recovery CD.  Then I'd try disabling or removing the sensor
> > related software like powernowd, powersaved, cpufreqd, apmd, acpid,
> > etc.  Then reboot, and re-enable the bios alarms (they're there for a
> > good reason).  If successful, then you can start narrowing down which
> > system service is causing you grief.
> >
> > You haven't mentioned the make/model of your laptop yet.  That could be
> > relevant.
> >
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> > Daniel
> >
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