On Fri, Jan 30, 2009 at 10:04:19PM -0600, Ron Johnson wrote: > On 01/30/2009 09:54 PM, Douglas A. Tutty wrote: >> On Sat, Jan 31, 2009 at 02:52:34AM +0000, Tzafrir Cohen wrote: >>> On Sat, Jan 31, 2009 at 12:54:34AM +0000, Dean Chester wrote: >>>> Hi >>>> I recently noticed that my CPU is at 100% when the temperature of my CPU is >>>> high. ... >>> If a 100% CPU usage causes your computer to *over*heat (which is >>> something you did not write above) you'll have a problem elsewhere (e.g. >>> a dist-upgrade that includes tex-live :-) ) >> >> Or, is the board firmware slowing down the CPU to allow it to cool, >> which makes a basically idling debian system to use a higher percentage >> of available CPU (less idle time). ... > But "100% CPU usage" isn't the same as "running at 100% of rated clock > speed". > ... regardless of which of the above is happening, if the thing is running hot, then get in there and clean out the fans and heat sinks.... there's nothing like trying to slow down a cpu to make it run cooler when the cooler isn't working... .02 A
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