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Just wondering what temperature other users Pentium M processors run at? (shipped w Centrino)
Back when i used to play w.desktops a good temp was between 35-40 degrees celcius (In Australia)
This unit sits at around 50-55 Degrees..
The cpu fan works and regularly turns off or slows down.. just wondering about you guys?
It seems kinda hot to me... this is with no load on the system.. just browsing 1 x webpage etc..
Pentium M (Banias) @ 1.8Ghz
Hmmm.. i prob should have posted this in Hardware but the Slack forum seems like home now...
...not that I'm worried - it is a quite thin laptop (Samsung P35) and the environment is at about 21 degrees.
The fan runs at low speed almost all the time - see the trip points...the heat might get easier out of your machine - not much I can see to do about it to change that - or do you know...?
Here's how I set mine: (Put in /etc/rc.d/rc.local )
Code:
# Set the trip point temperatures (in Celsius)
echo -n "100:0:90:80:58" > /proc/acpi/thermal_zone/THRM/trip_points
# Activate the temperature control system of the kernel
echo -n "30" > /proc/acpi/thermal_zone/THRM/polling_frequency
# Turn off the fan
echo -n "3" > /proc/acpi/fan/FAN0/state
As you can see, my fan doesn't even turn on until 58C. I do mess with it every once inna while. I needed the above because otherwise my fan was on all the time. You can change the trip point to what you want, but make sure you keep all five.
well looks like Pentium M tends to work really freakin' hot!!
on my laptop (HP pavilion zv5200) I got an AMD AthlonXP 3000+ ~ 1.8 GHz and never gets hotter than 65 °C even when I'm playing (UnrealTournament, UT2004) for several hours, when idling it's only at 30 - 35 °C
on my desktop machine (built by myself ; has a lot of ventilation) I got an AMD Athlon64 3700+ ~ 2.2GHz and idle is at 25 - 30 °C and gaming (Doom3, Quake4) is at 55 - 60 °C
I just wanted to share my facts, not to start some kind of processors war
I have an acer 3613 laptop with a Pentium M 1.5 ghz and it runs at around 48C up to 55C at it's hotest, even with processor throttling enabled. This has been my experience with all Pentium Ms (when in a laptop at least), and I think you'll find that they are desinged to handle temps in excess of the normals that we would see on a desktop.
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