What type of cpu does your laptop have?
On Thursday 04 January 2007 05:17, Howard Lowndes wrote: > Sadly I now discover that my lappy is not capable of cpu speed > control :( > > Joseph Goncalves wrote: > >>> try: > >>> cat /proc/acpi/thermal_zone/*/trip_points > >>> to see what temperature the computer will turn off at and > >>> cat /proc/acpi/thermal_zone/*/temperature > >>> to see the temperature the computer is currently at... > >> > >> That's interesting, I didn't know about those, though I do have a > >> temp monitor on my lappy screen. Any ideas on how to tweak them > >> as I see the critical temp is set at 109C and the other temps at > >> 108C, and during the recent hot weather with no room aircond when > >> running Winders under VMware it would occasionally shut down - yes > >> the CPU fan is running. > > > > If I understand what you are saying correctly, I believe you are > > asking if you could tweak the trip points. The short answer is no, > > if your computer is overheating, it is overheating. But if you have > > a problem with your computer overheating, you could use cpufreqd to > > slow the CPU down if the temperature goes above a certain > > temperature. That would have an effect of cooling down the machine > > a bit. > > > > You also could use the on-demand governor that automatically > > switches your CPU from a slow to faster speed based on the demand > > on the CPU. Since your computer's CPU wouldn't be running at 100% > > all of the time, this would have a significant cooling effect. This > > again can be setup with cpufreqd. > > > > I use cpufreqd on all my laptops, because I had a problem with one > > laptop overheating when I was compiling. > > > >> Howard. > >> LANNet Computing Associates - Your Linux people > >> <http://lannetlinux.com> When you want a computer system that > >> works, just choose Linux; When you want a computer system that > >> works, just, choose Microsoft. -- > >> Flatter government, not fatter government; abolish the Australian > >> states. > > > > Regards > > Joseph > > -- > Howard. > LANNet Computing Associates - Your Linux people > <http://lannetlinux.com> When you want a computer system that works, > just choose Linux; When you want a computer system that works, just, > choose Microsoft. -- > Flatter government, not fatter government; abolish the Australian > states. -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html