Re: disk temp monitoring
<posted & mailed>
Linas ?virblis wrote:
> * For how long does it run cool?
i would say 1-2 hours, but i am not sure
> * Does it get warmer gradually, or suddenly becomes hot?
i gets hot gradually and stays hot for long (half or 1 hour, but i am not
sure)
> * Does it feel anything like 100 C? It should be fairly hot.
Well the lower side is pretty hot, it could by 80 C
> * Laptop model? BIOS version?
it is hp tc4200 tablet-- do not know about the bios, but i remember it was
released in 2005
> * Is it new machine?
about 6 months, but that strange behaviour is later, 1-2months ago (maybe
because i used working with that tablet for less time)
> * If it is not new, did it work before?
> * Does it work with proprietary OS?
ms-windows xp is installed, but i never use it, so i cannot tell.
That could be a try to make.
But I suspect X is involved, since sometimes it gets 100% of the cpu time
(according to 'top') for tens minutes, with no special reasons that i can
see. Maybe a misconfiguration of xorg.conf? (Graphics card is
ATI9700radeon)
However, when the machine shuts down due to critical T, i have never noticed
X taking a lot of cpu time; nor any other applications; moreover 'load
average' is below 1.
> After running your laptop for some time (to let it warp up, so that the
> temperatures reported wold not be the room temperature):
>
ok, i'll do
> I still suspect broken ACPI. Try upgrading to a new kernel (found in
> Unstable and Experimental), and see if that helps. Some popular laptops
> need at least 2.6.21 to work properly.
i am running k/ubuntu, for which 2.6.21 is not yet available. If needed i
can compiile it by myself but it woudl take me a lot of time.
thank you
--
Pol
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