On Jan 23, 2008 10:57 AM, Douglas A. Tutty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Wed, Jan 23, 2008 at 10:16:56AM -0500, Manu Hack wrote: > > > The problem is that I'm using a laptop but somehow (I don't know > > exactly why) recently when I run some cpu-intensive and time consuming > > programs it caused the cpu too hot and an automatic shutdown is > > resulted. I want to keep the CPU usage low for those programs to > > avoid the forced shutdown. > > > > In the mean while I'm also looking for an external CPU cooler. :) > > I've never used it but what about CPU throttling? There's some package > like CPU utils. Slow down the CPU and it runs cooler. Or complain to > the people that made a laptop that can't run at advertized spec. Is it > clean? Is the fan working? Is it on a hard surface or a soft > (insulating) one?
The fan is working (I can tell as it's very noisy when I'm running programs) and it's on a wood table. Will look into the CPU throttling stuff later. Manu -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
