Hi! > Are you watching TV with the computer sitting on your lap or on bed sheets > or some other fabric which could obstruct the fan inlet grills? >
No, of course not. Cooling air can flow unhindered. > It may be possible that air flow isn't sufficient to cool the processor down > when you watch TV but is good when the computer is sitting flat on a table. > So it is. I am using a special table for notebooks. > Some Intel processors are equipped with a built-in sensor that shut the > processor down when it overheats. It is a hardware feature. It can't be > disabled by software. Yes, that is, what I am thinking of. However, overheating should appear in the logs. > > The Intel N270 is such a processor. It is supposed to reduce its power when > it overheats. On the other hand, AMD processors used to fry when they were > not properly cooled. I don't know if they are protected now. > > Modern graphic cards are also expected to have some overheating protection > too. > In this case, the N270 has a built in I945 graphics chip. > So, even though there should be some sort of hardware protection, a > overheating component is definitely where I direct my suspicions when > someone says a laptop behave erratically when watching TV. > Yes, but if so, shouldn't the fan not cool the hardware? But somehow it does not, and only if me-tv is running. That is the weired thing. At other applications everything worked fine. I suspect me-tv to block something, but I have no prove. I think, the community should watch this, maybe. Of course, maybe I am wrong and the effect is just mischance. Who knows.... > Frederic Best Hans