On Wednesday 09 February 2005 21:47, Peter James Morgan shaped the electrons to say: > Hi Scot, > > Scot L. Harris wrote: > >>Unfortunately, nothing of interest is being written to /var/log. Is > >>there a recommended mechanism of debugging this fault? Any pointers to > >>other things that I can configure (e.g., could the CPU speed stepping be > >>the source of the problem?) > > > > Is there anyway to determine what the temperature of the system is? > > From the description it sounds like the fans may not be running when > > they should and the system overheats at which point it shuts it self > > down to protect itself. > > gkrellm was showing the CPU temperature within a normal level 60-70oC at > the time of the freeze. Thats too hot. My laptop will shut down above 65 degrees. I have a dell d600 and and it runs average temp 35-45 degrees. > > > With acpi off if it is stable does the fan run all the time? > > Fan operates normally without ACPI. Do you hear the fan changing speeds? > > > Not sure but it seems like there should be some where to specify > > thresholds for when the fan runs. > > Sorry, but the machine was fairly cool to the touch, certainly not > hotter than it has been before. If the temp on gkrellm indicates anything above 45 degrees, my laptop is hot to the touch. > > It is a development machine, so it tends to run short but rather intense > CPU load (lots of editing, followed by lots of compiling). > > Thanks, > Peter. -- Scott Ryan Telkom Internet
