2013/6/7 Sven Gaerner <[email protected]>: > I installed OpenBSD 5.3 i386 on my HP nc6400 notebook. Now when booting > the system, the kernel prints > acpitz3: critical temperate exceeded (3290 C): shutting down. > > This temperature (3290 C) is shown after starting a system that was > powered off for several hours. After finishing the installation the > reported temperature was about 4180 C. > > The other BSDs also report wired temperates but not that high. Some > years ago Linux reported about 55 C for the CPU which seems to be > a more realistic value.
This is just a next chapter of never-ending story of HP screwing up ACPI tables. This is not OS's fault - it just shows what hardware sends. Send an email to HP telling them to fix this crap (broken for well over 10 years). Greets, Paul.
