On Saturday 05 January 2008 03:15:54 pm Felix Miata wrote:
Shibu should be able to go to the BIOS and check temperature. Boot in a normal way (no safe settings) wait or do some CPU intensive operation and straight after spontaneous shutdown go direct in BIOS menu with temperature monitor and see what temperature is.
Temperature close to upper limit (1 or 2 C) would mean that hadware problem can't be ruled out.
I'm of the opinion that CPU temperature sensors vary widely in their accuracy. IOW, some will report too hot when in fact temp is well within tolerance, while on the other extreme, they can read so low that the CPU can be damaged from excess heat without warning.
I do agree on this, that is the reason to tell that hardware problem should not be ruled out if temperature is close to the limit. It should be investigated thoroughly, but for the further ideas there is need some numbers, CPU type, MB type, computer vendor, any work done on computer, dust level on fans and heatsinks, etc.
This sounds like a possible case of the former, where the max tolerance setting in the BIOS needs to be higher to properly reflect actual CPU operation. The result if this is true is that the OS sensor software sees the limit hit prematurely, and shuts the system down needlessly. This is easily fixed by upping the BIOS limit by 5C or 10C.
This can be done, but one should make sure it is proper solution, or have spare CPU and try and see ;-) -- Regards, Rajko -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org