A new motherboard complete with new fan seems to have fixed the problem as I'm now able to run a full kernel build without my machine shutting down.
I'm changing the status to Invalid. ** Changed in: linux (Ubuntu) Status: Confirmed => Invalid -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/953205 Title: System shuts down due to CPU temp exceeding critical thresh-hold (100C) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/953205/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs