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[rydberg <rydberg@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

I have a theory about the cooling part of the heat problem: the SMC
seems to have changed at least twice since 2005 with regard to how fan
control works. The attached script will reveal which version applies to
a certain machine. If there still is a bug, it should be related at
least to machines MB51, MBA21, MBP51, MBP54. If you do file a new bug
_please_ insert a link to that page from here.


** Attachment added: "smc-check-fan-safe.sh"
   http://launchpadlibrarian.net/45702003/smc-check-fan-safe.sh

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WARNING: Intrepid might burn down MacBook Pro
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/262550
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Status in Mactel Support: Fix Released
Status in Ubuntu Release Notes: Fix Released
Status in “linux” package in Ubuntu: Fix Released
Status in “linux” source package in Intrepid: New

Bug description:
Binary package hint: linux-image-2.6.27-1-generic

Testing Ubuntu 8.10 Alpha 4 64-Bit on a MacBook Pro rev. 3. Installing today's updates, the MacBook gets extremely hot and automatically goes into standby. This looks like an emergency standby caused by the EFI or something because it got overheated. Unless you put a metal plate or something under it, the fan runs on highest level at full power, which is not the usual.

Is there a tool you can see the CPU temperature with?