cpu usage

[Bill Moran]

In response to gareth <bsd at lordcow.org>:

> hi, i'm on FreeBSD 6.1, with a problematic cpu - it seems
> to be overheating and shutting the system down when running
> intensive jobs, at the moment i can't even finish compiling
> the mysql-server in ports. i've tried running the make with
> an increased nice level, but that doesn't seem to change
> much. and looking through ports there only seems to be
> cpu monitoring tools, not suppression?

It's unlikely that there's anything you can do in software to fix this
problem.  You need to fix your cooling so the CPU doesn't overheat.

-- 
Bill Moran
Collaborative Fusion Inc.