Had a look at kern.log after reading earlier post found: Nov 22 22:20:01 sibs-laptop kernel: [ 2.176614] Marking TSC unstable due to TSC halts in idle Nov 22 22:20:01 sibs-laptop kernel: [ 2.176637] ACPI: CPU0 (power states: C1[C1] C2[C2] C3[C3]) Nov 22 22:20:01 sibs-laptop kernel: [ 2.176673] processor LNXCPU:00: registered as cooling_device0 Nov 22 22:20:01 sibs-laptop kernel: [ 2.176678] ACPI: Processor [CPU0] (supports 8 throttling states) Nov 22 22:20:01 sibs-laptop kernel: [ 2.177133] ACPI: SSDT 7f7b8300 000C8 (v01 PmRef Cpu1Ist 00003000 INTL 20051117) Nov 22 22:20:01 sibs-laptop kernel: [ 2.177774] ACPI: SSDT 7f7b8620 00085 (v01 PmRef Cpu1Cst 00003000 INTL 20051117) Nov 22 22:20:01 sibs-laptop kernel: [ 2.179187] ACPI: CPU1 (power states: C1[C1] C2[C2] C3[C3]) Nov 22 22:20:01 sibs-laptop kernel: [ 2.179218] processor LNXCPU:01: registered as cooling_device1 Nov 22 22:20:01 sibs-laptop kernel: [ 2.179223] ACPI: Processor [CPU1] (supports 8 throttling states) Nov 22 22:20:01 sibs-laptop kernel: [ 2.185768] ACPI Warning: \_TZ_.THRM._PSL: Return Package type mismatch at index 0 - found Processor, expected Reference 20090521 nspredef-946 Nov 22 22:20:01 sibs-laptop kernel: [ 2.185779] ACPI: Expecting a [Reference] package element, found type C Nov 22 22:20:01 sibs-laptop kernel: [ 2.185782] ACPI: Invalid passive threshold Nov 22 22:20:01 sibs-laptop kernel: [ 2.187887] thermal LNXTHERM:01: registered as thermal_zone0 Nov 22 22:20:01 sibs-laptop kernel: [ 2.187899] ACPI: Thermal Zone [THRM] (91 C) Nov 22 22:20:01 sibs-laptop kernel: [ 2.187975] isapnp: Scanning for PnP cards... ====================== Nov 22 22:25:12 sibs-laptop kernel: [ 329.573161] CPU1: Temperature above threshold, cpu clock throttled (total events = 196) Nov 22 22:25:12 sibs-laptop kernel: [ 329.574131] CPU1: Temperature/speed normal Nov 22 22:27:02 sibs-laptop kernel: [ 439.606851] Critical temperature reached (127 C), shutting down. Nov 22 22:27:02 sibs-laptop kernel: Kernel logging (proc) stopped.