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Electrolr0x

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Registered: 2008-01-29

Posts: 31

Toshiba Overheating and shutting down

Hi guys,
i've just installed arch on my Toshiba satellite laptop and seems i'm missing some configuration cos the temperature is reaching high levels and suddenly it shuts down.. any idea ???
thats my output from $sensors

[me@myhost /]$ sensors
k8temp-pci-00c3
Adapter: PCI adapter
Core0 Temp:  +74.0 C                                   
Core0 Temp:  +73.0 C                                   
Core1 Temp:  +75.0 C                                   
Core1 Temp:  +72.0 C                                   

acpitz-virtual-0
Adapter: Virtual device
temp1:       +80.0 C  (crit = +102.0 C)                 

thanks in advance

miau

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Registered: 2009-05-06

Posts: 202

Re: Toshiba Overheating and shutting down

Is your fan spinning?

MadTux

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Registered: 2009-09-20

Posts: 553

Re: Toshiba Overheating and shutting down

Are you using the acpi module for your manufacturer, e.g. I have a ThinkPad, so I have to use thinkpad_acpi in my modules section in rc.conf. If you have a Toshiba, you have to use toshiba_acpi. Do you use cpufrequtils (or something similar) for cpu frequency scaling?
You may wish to look here if your particular model has additional configuration suggestions:

http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Cat … English%29

Electrolr0x

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Registered: 2008-01-29

Posts: 31

Re: Toshiba Overheating and shutting down

thanks for the replies..
.my fan is spinning aparently normally...

[root@myhost /]# modprobe toshiba_acpi
WARNING: All config files need .conf: /etc/modprobe.d/sound, it will be ignored in a future release.
FATAL: Error inserting toshiba_acpi (/lib/modules/2.6.31-ARCH/kernel/drivers/platform/x86/toshiba_acpi.ko): No such device

and im not using cpufreq, actually i just installed but didn't make any configuration on it...
more infos:

[root@myhost /]# sensors
acpitz-virtual-0
Adapter: Virtual device
temp1:       +84.0 C  (crit = +102.0 C)                  

k8temp-pci-00c3
Adapter: PCI adapter
Core0 Temp:  +77.0 C                                    
Core0 Temp:  +77.0 C                                    
Core1 Temp:  +79.0 C                                    
Core1 Temp:  +77.0 C

too hot, isn't it?

as you can see on daemons line down there, i've tried so many things...

MODULES=(k8temp, acpi-cpufreq)
MODULES AND DAEMONS from rc.conf
DAEMONS=(syslog-ng dbus network cpufreq @acpid netfs crond alsa gdm fam sensors hal networkmanager laptop-mode)

any idea?

thanks again guys... I really need to get this working...

Last edited by Electrolr0x (2009-10-23 23:42:56)

palinux

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Registered: 2009-09-15

Posts: 21

Re: Toshiba Overheating and shutting down

1.- # nano /boot/grub/menu.lst .

2.- add the following option at the end of the kernel correspondent line: acpi_osi="Linux" . f.e.:
kernel (hd0,4)/boot/vmlinuz BOOT_IMAGE=linux root=UUID=d2aa1757-fb2c-43b2-8b4f-6d9eed5c3042 resume=UUID=c1cf4edf-b487-4ce2-af4d-fcbf3cfb8a50 splash=silent vga=788 acpi_osi="Linux"

3.- Reset your laptop
now it should deactivate the ventilator when reacches de 42º C, and activate when reaches 55ºC.

coment please ...greeetings

Electrolr0x

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Registered: 2008-01-29

Posts: 31

Re: Toshiba Overheating and shutting down

..grub/menu.lst

# (0) Arch Linux
title  Arch Linux
root   (hd0,5)
kernel /boot/vmlinuz26 root=/dev/disk/by-uuid/feda9d77-86cd-4214-82fe-a86131be9da6 ro acpi_osi="Linux"
initrd /boot/kernel26.img

and this is what i got after 10min on:

[mateus@myhost ~]$ sensors
acpitz-virtual-0
Adapter: Virtual device
temp1:       +73.0 C  (crit = +102.0 C)                  

k8temp-pci-00c3
Adapter: PCI adapter
Core0 Temp:  +66.0 C                                    
Core0 Temp:  +67.0 C                                    
Core1 Temp:  +69.0 C                                    
Core1 Temp:  +65.0 C

MadTux

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Registered: 2009-09-20

Posts: 553

Re: Toshiba Overheating and shutting down

Is this a new laptop or an older one? Its just a guess, but could your fans have gathered dust and dirt? It may help to clean the fans. On one of my older machines this did wonders.

palinux

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Registered: 2009-09-15

Posts: 21

Re: Toshiba Overheating and shutting down

can you give us some hardware info?

your processor is AMD or intel?
(based on the module that you use [k8temp], it's an AMD, but got to ask)
'cause i have troubles at the beginning with my laptop temperature

and it turns out to be a wrong module loaded (actually, no module) at the beginning for ACPI

well mi processor is an intel (T2080) and i use acpi_cpufreq daemon

another thing...
did you already checked this?
http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/CPU … cy_Scaling

'cause if your processor is working at max speed your laptop will heat faster,  making the ventilator turns on

Electrolr0x

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Registered: 2008-01-29

Posts: 31

Re: Toshiba Overheating and shutting down

HI again
I checked the temp on Windows 7 and it's not that far from linux... there's about 75-77C while on linux is around 80C top. so it should be some fan problem... some dust...I'll try to clean it up...
my machine is that one http://www.amazon.com/Toshiba-Satellite … B000VVJOP0

after all i've done, it's still on a high temp but at least it ain't shutting down anymore

thanks again

palinux

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Registered: 2009-09-15

Posts: 21

Re: Toshiba Overheating and shutting down

yeah, try to clean the fan, and putting on some grease to manage the heat

some one in other forum that i participate made that
and managed to get 20ºC less.
(he had 70 and now gets 54)

spupy

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Registered: 2009-08-12

Posts: 218

Re: Toshiba Overheating and shutting down

My Toshiba Satellite A110 (or something like this) was overheating as well. Reached 78 degrees.
The laptop got completely disassembled. Cleaned all the dust and changed the paste (the thing between the processor and the cooling thing?) of the cpu and the gpu.
The real reason for the overheating - a piece of plastic that covered the opening trough which the cpu fan was supposed to suck air... It should have been cut out at production, but some chinese guy forgot, I guess. We cut the plastic piece off and put the computer back together. Temperature dropped 25 degrees.

TL;DR: Check if the opening for the cpu fan is not blocked by a plastic piece that shouldn't be there.

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Electrolr0x

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Registered: 2008-01-29

Posts: 31

Re: Toshiba Overheating and shutting down

Alright fellows...
thanks for everything... i'll do it tomorrow first thing in the morning, hope to get success...
I'll post the results when i'm done.
cheers

jargoman

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Registered: 2008-03-10

Posts: 33

Re: Toshiba Overheating and shutting down

but some chinese guy forgot, I guess.

lol