[tlinux-users:07811] Re: When the fedora installs checks the DVD too, the laptop power down

Vassilis Koutavas wrote:
> Seems like overheating of the cpu to me. When you boot linux, can you
> tell if the cpu fan is ever on? Probably your linux never turns it on
> and your cpu is being overheated when you do some demanding task. Try
> compiling some source distribution to see if it happens then. If
> indeed it is cou overheating, then I suggest to find out soon how to
> make your cpu fan work in linux, otherwise you may fry your processor,
> like you probably did with your previous laptop!
> 
> --Vassilis
> 
You can probably check the fan by looking at
/proc/acpi/fan/FAN0/state. You may be able to control the fan with
fnfx. There is also a fan program in Toshiba Utilities that may
work. I don't know if your laptop have the Toshiba BIOS, or the
Pheonix BIOS. They do not work with the Pheonix BIOS. (I have an
A105-S4004, and tey do not work on it. The fan is not BIOS controlled.)

Mikkel
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