Re: [Powertop] Core temperature above threshold

On 7/1/2012 6:58 AM, mammar wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I have Dell Inspiron N5010( Intel(R) Core(TM) i3 CPU M 350 @ 2.27GHz )
> with Fedora 16 installed on it.
> Here is what uname -a says
> 
> Linux ma-laptop 3.1.9-1.fc16.x86_64 #1 SMP Fri Jan 13 16:37:42 UTC 2012
> x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
> 
> From past some days, my cpu cores tempruatre goes above the limits and
> causes my laptop to shutdown...Following is the message i got when start
> the laptop after shutdown due to core temprature
> 
> Jun 25 12:38:33 ma-laptop kernel: [10444.383370] CPU3: Core temperature
> above threshold, cpu clock throttled (total events = 1)
> Jun 25 12:38:33 ma-laptop kernel: [10444.383374] CPU1: Core temperature
> above threshold, cpu clock throttled (total events = 1)
> 
> Anyone have any idea about this issue? How to solve this issue?

these symptoms are almost always a sign of a not well functioning fan

if you have one of those cans of compressed air, try blowing it out...