Re: Critical Temperature

[Goswin von Brederlow <goswin-v-b@web.de>]

timo <2@famous-timo.de> writes:

> Hi people,
>
> I have got the following problem: At random X is being closed by force
> and the terminal says «critical temperature reached» and then some high
> number around 150°C. At the next moment the computer turns off. That
> problem occurs with linux 2.6.27 till 2.6.28 and does not occur with
> linux 2.6.26. I have found only a few posts on google. How can I find
> out whether this is a software or a hardware issue and what might the
> cause be?
>
>
> regards,
> Timo

Have you checked if this is a false reading or a cooling failure?
After the shutdown go into the bios and check the
temperature.

MfG
        Goswin