Re: 2 core dumps


On Fri, 2008-02-22 at 15:42 +0100, Dag-Erling Smørgrav wrote:
"Alexandre \"Sunny\" Kovalenko" <alex.kovalenko@xxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
Dag-Erling Smørgrav <des@xxxxxx> writes:
Your laptop overheats when running at its rated frequency? That's your
answer. Hardware error. [...]
If "overheated" in this context means "initiated critical shutdown"
[...]

No, unless the Athlon has an internal temperature sensor and shuts
itself down when it reaches critical temperature, like the Intel Core
and Core 2 do.

You can't rely on the BIOS or the OS to do it, because you have no idea
where the temperature sensor they rely on is placed.
If I rephrase my point as

"The fact that OS initiated shutdown because it thinks that your laptop
has reached certain temperature threshold does not necessarily mean that
your hardware is damaged."

would you be more amenable to agreeing with it?


However, if "overheated" means "discolored and deformed plastic parts",
you are absolutely right.

Right. Your laptop is dead. Deal with it.

DES
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Alexandre "Sunny" Kovalenko (Олександр Коваленко)

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