Powerbook shuts down hard when hot, patch found

[Michel Dänzer]

On Sun, 2007-09-30 at 12:16 +0200, Michael Buesch wrote:
> 
> Ah, forgot to say.
> It does not crash immediately when the register is written. It takes about two seconds
> to crash. And when the machine is colder to begin with, it takes slightly
> longer to trigger. That _might_ support your overheating theory.
> 
> Though, it does not trigger when it's up and running, no matter how hot you drive it.

Maybe the thermal control module prevents it from overheating. Have you
tried unloading it or loading it ASAP on bootup to see if that makes any
difference either way?


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