Hi Jordi, thanks for your speedy reply :)

Jordi Molina wrote:
> Centrino CPU speed should be handled by a speed governor daemon  (have
> a look at the ACPI guide at gentoo.org)
> 
> Keep in mind that if you want to have battery for more time, it's
> normal that this daemon reduces the CPU if its not used, the same
> daemon will raise up the speed as soon as the current speed becames
> too low (compiling, i.e.)

I should have explained better.  I've read the ACPI guide and set Gentoo 
up accordingly - and under normal usage the temperature is OK.  However 
if I start doing anything stressful, like compiling - that's when I end 
up creeping towards 80 degrees and possibly beyond (I daren't let it get 
any hotter).

I do a lot of software dev, and a lot of compiling under win32 - but I 
never encounter this problem.  Even if I set the processor to high 
performance (I use SpeedSwitchXP under Win32), the temperature is always 
acceptable.

I'm scared ;-)


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