Re: Linux 2.6.25 (coretemp reads high temperatures)

From: Henrique de Moraes Holschuh
Date: Wed Apr 30 2008 - 10:47:18 EST


On Wed, 30 Apr 2008, Jean Delvare wrote:
> On Wed, 30 Apr 2008 00:58:50 +0200, Matthew wrote:
> > so we were just too concerned all the time & even though the
> > temperatures seem too high there's nothing to worry ?
>
> Yes.

So the big deal here is that there is no "°C" anywhere in this
measurement, it is in an arbitrary hardware scale?

> > but like lm_sensors's output states - it's not bad until I / we're
> > getting temperatures from 85°C (?) [in this particular case], ...
>
> If I remember correctly, at 84°C your CPU will start to throttle, at
> 100°C it will shut down. You still have 24°C before the former happens,
> so it should be OK.

Better drop the °C from there. It starts throttling at 84 ITUs and
shuts down at 100 ITUs (Intel Thermal Units :p).

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Henrique Holschuh
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