[Klug-general] How hot is hot?

[Karl Buckland]

Is that the temperature of the CPU, or the temperature inside the laptop case?

Different CPUs do indeed have different temperatures and they can
differ wildly. Laptops also generally run hotter than desktops as
there's less room for airflow inside the case.

I believe most modern CPUs will also underclock themselves if they get
too hot. I'd love for someone else to confirm this though.

Karl



On 31 July 2010 13:23, Jake Subs <subs at growdigital.net> wrote:
> I've installed a sensors applet in ubuntu for my thinkpad x60s laptop
> because it was getting a bit hot. Now I know how hot but I don't know
> whether it's _too_ hot.
>
> 56 degress Celsius.
>
> And that's just running a couple of web browsers, GNU IMP, text editor...
>
> Is that too hot? If so, how can I cool it? Or is it this confounded
> muggy summer?
>
> tia, Jake
>
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