bios update? read up on your bios and / or your toshiba model issues with ubuntu?
although you've probably already tried. gary On Tue, Jul 15, 2008 at 11:49 PM, Martin Acupanda <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello PLUG, > > I have Ubuntu Linux 8.xx on an old toshiba with phoenix bios. I works > nicely but unfortunately it suddenly "dies" without warning after a > few minutes of cpu intensive work. I am quite sure its the temperature > of the processor because the laptop's keyboard and case in the region > where the processor is located gets very hot. The fan seems to be not > working hard enough. I have already scoured the internet but found no > solution in sight that deals with temperature or fan control for a > toshiba with a phoenix bios. > > I have also checked the its heatsink but it is clean and not clogged with > lint. > > As shown below /proc/acpi/[fan|thermal_zone] is not helpful at all. > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ ls /proc/acpi/fan > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ ls /proc/acpi/ > ac_adapter button event info sleep > wakeup > alarm dsdt fadt power_resource thermal_zone > battery embedded_controller fan processor video > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ ls /proc/acpi/thermal_zone > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ > > > Before I open it up and hard wire the fan to its power supply anything > you can advice, share so that I can at least control the fan to lower > the temperature of the processor? > > -- > > Regards, > > Martin Acupanda > _________________________________________________ > Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List > http://lists.linux.org.ph/mailman/listinfo/plug > Searchable Archives: http://archives.free.net.ph > -- http://kikay.exchange.ph http://mom.exchange.ph http://basketball.exchange.ph http://linux.org.ph ======================= Make life easier for Webmasters! http://spreadfirefox.com/community/?q=user/register&r=137994
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