any tool which monitor my cpu temperature and shutdown my machine automatically

[ms]

On 28/07/10 18:36, Jordon Bedwell wrote:
> On 7/28/10 12:12 PM, ms wrote:
>> On 25/07/10 23:15, Jordon Bedwell wrote:
>>> On 7/25/10 12:12 PM, loody wrote:
>>>> hi:
>>>> Can this tool also automatically shutdown my machine if the
>>>> temperature over the limit?
>>>> appreciate your help,
>>>> miloody
>>>>
>>>
>>> You don't need to worry about that loody, all machines within the last
>>> (almost decade now) will automatically shut down if their thermal
>>> sensors detect the processor go above the manufacture set maximum temp
>>> which would cause damage to the CPU.  They also won't turn on if they
>>> detect that no fan is running (this has been the last couple years in
>>> all mother boards,) if the fan shut down (within the last couple years,)
>>> and some boards will even detect if the temperature of the entire board
>>> + CPU is rising at a steady rate above normal (as sort of a secondary
>>> diagnostic to double check the first two ~ this is very rare and mostly
>>> only workstations and motherboards do this as they are critical).
>>>
>>
>> Not entirely accurate. My laptop suffers of an obscure bug that
>> sometimes prevents it to suspend correctly -the machine does not suspend
>> but the fans go off. In this case, I have to immediately shut down to
>> avoid the temperature going too high.
>>
>> m.
>>
>
> Seems more like a manufacturers problem, specifically with their bios

Probable.

> you also have to understand that mobile processors do have a higher
> tjunction (sometimes) a way higher tjunction, and what you might assume
> is hot might not actually be hot.  Most people inaccurately temp laptops
> because the ambient temperature is so high.

Well, I mean that gkrellm reports temperatures rapidly going from the 
normal 60 degrees towards 80-90 when the fans stop. The point is that 
even if the fans go down, the laptop does not shut down.

m.