I think some of the frequencies, provided by acpi_throttle and TCC are slowing down your machine without really cooling the CPU.
After a couple of days of testing, I believe this did the trick. I reduced the number of frequencies as per Alexandre's tip. I also swapped _PSV and _CRT for good measure (_PSV is now 85°C and _CRT 95°C).
I just rebuilt OpenOffice.org, using a parallel build that stresses all cores. The machine did not overheat. The highest temperature it reached was 84°C for a few minutes. This is still high but not too high.
I will try hoovering the air vents and keep my eye on things. If they stay stable from here, I will not be bothering with Dell support.
Thanks for all the tips, - Bartosz _______________________________________________ [email protected] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-acpi To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[email protected]"
