Re: cpulimit
On Jan 23, 2008 10:57 AM, Douglas A. Tutty <dtutty@porchlight.ca> 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
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