Re: overheating laptop when running cpu emulator

[Erik Wikström <erik-wikstrom@xxxxxxxxx>]

On 2006-03-27 20:34, Jake Maciejewski wrote:
> Do you have the laptop resting on a flat surface? My University used
> Compaq and HP laptops (I have an n800w), and the solution to overheating
> that I always heard from fellow students was to not leave the laptop on
> flat surfaces. They'd prop laptops up with all sorts of things like
> erasers, triangular drafting scales, and folded paper.
>
> Also, are those temperatures supposed to be Celsius? I'm nut sure about
> Pentium Ms, but 100F wouldn't be hot for most modern CPUs.
>
> On Mon, 2006-03-27 at 12:01 -0500, Joe Talbott wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > My laptop (HP nc8000) overheats (85-100F) when running cpu simulators like bochs
> > and simulavr.  I guess this is a hardware problem but wanted to rule
> > out any misconfigurations on my part or software issues that may be
> > related.  The laptop doesn't overheat during buildworlds though this
> > isn't a constant CPU workout either.  Included is a copy of
> > /var/run/dmesg.boot and my kernel config file.

100F would be quite cool, perhaps even for a Pentium M (~37C). On the 
other hand 100C would be quite hot, especially for a mobile processor, 
are you sure that your fan is working and that the heatsink hasn't come 
loose?

Erik Wikström
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