critical temperature reached

[Colin Law]

On 24 January 2013 07:33, Thufir Hawat <hawat.thufir at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Mon, 21 Jan 2013 09:27:11 +0200, Eero Volotinen wrote:
>
>>> I was thinking of something like top, except just reporting the single
>>> top process and if the cpu temp is nearing critical and that process
>>> stays at the top, then that's the one to throttle down.  Something like
>>> that?
>>>
>>> Although I've seen another approach of limiting any one process from
>>> taking up more that a certain amount of the cpu:
>>
>> How about fixing the real problem, cpu cooling?
>
>
> Well, a socket 478 heatsink is about $20, my local shop offered a "new"
> used computer for $50 with better specs, so I'm not sure that makes sense
> to fix the hardware problem.  Kinda a shame, this computer is fine for
> what it does.

You should not need a new heatsink (unless you are overclocking the
CPU or something similar).  Just take the heatsink off, clean it,
reseat it with new compound and check all the fans are working ok.

Colin