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linux-source-2.6.17 package

  1. Bug #22336
  2. Comment #21

Comment 21 for bug 22336

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Matthew Garrett (mjg59) wrote : Re: laptop overheats when performing CPU intensive tasks.

Still with powernowd disabled, can you try

echo 1 >/proc/acpi/thermal_zone/THRS/polling_frequency

and see if that results in the temperature being read any more smoothly?