Re: what is shutting off my computer?



On Fri, 28 Dec 2007 17:29:34 -0600, General Schvantzkopf wrote:
On Fri, 28 Dec 2007 22:51:04 +0000, Bob Tennent wrote:

When I try to do something computationally intensive (such as lame
encoding), my system shuts down. I think it's because a bad thermistor
is producing high readings. Even when the system is 100% idle, the CPU
temperature is 61°C according to lm_sensors. The "high" value is 80°C,
and I believe the system shuts down if the CPU utilization goes too
high, even if the real temperature is much lower.

Can this be fixed by editing a configuration file or turning off the
broken thermistor?

You might be able to disable shutdown in the BIOS but I wouldn't do that
if I were you. It's entirely possible that the temps are real.

No way. On a "cold" start, the CPU temperature is over 50, even when
the motherboard is at 22.
.



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