Oh, hey, I just noticed something. When I ran the fix for the unknown version problem it reintroduced the "-40" temp problem. Removing the battery fixes that.

Please any1 telle me where is the tuto for overcloking the N900 and where are thes kernel images? I can't found them in the 1st post and it's hard to find them in a 1000+ posts topic

just played a game ob psx4all, phone seemed to be 100%@900mhz and phone got really hot, bit hot for my liking

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how long was you playing? and where was the heat felt? on keyboard? thanx

around 15-20mins yeh keyboard and the bottom.

I'm running at 850MHz with 450MHz DSP.

Decided to use dbus-scripts to limit it to 250MHz while charging, and it seems to make priority attempts to lock it when I plug in the charger, and then when I unplug I've allowed it to hit 850. I don't need the clock ramping up to anything over 250 really, since I only charge it while sleeping.

I've also got anacron setup to throttle it back when I know I won't be using the device (certain locations in class, I get no signal and usually have my laptop anyways).

It would also be trivial to make a small QT app with a slider, that would set the speed ceiling at certain times, having an option to use the proximity sensor and accelerometer to only allow throttle unlock when the device is out of pocket and in hands.

Id keep my eye on that, you dnt want to cook it

Right. If the keyboard is hot I suspect that is the CPU whereas if its the bottom, more likely to be the battery. The WiFi chipset probably also gets fairly hot which is why Joikuspot is so bad for heat, as it heavily uses WiFi and the CPU, likely the two biggest heat sources. On battery power you add a third, a battery draining fast gets pretty hot.

That's why it makes me laugh when people say "it doesnt feel any hotter". Its stuck inside fairly thick plastic, on the bottom its behind the battery AND plastic, so you shouldn't be able to feel it until its REALLY hot internally.

As for the person with the droid and GPS problems. They admitted to leaving it in direct sunlight, overclocked, heavily using GPS. Anyone leaving electronics in direct sunlight deserves any failures they get, its just plain stupid. You only get away with it on standalone GPS devices as they are usually really REALLY slow CPUs, but you will still destroy the plastic as it perishes in direct sunlight. I have seen old CRT PC monitor cases discolour and shatter due to exposure to direct sunlight.

If your device is hot enough to emit gasses you can smell, you are done cooked to some degree. Unless it was the battery emitting the smell.

I have played MAME and PSX4ALL for over an hour with no heat issues at 800mhz. I can not distinguish a heat difference from 600mhz. That being said, I will not clock beyond 800mhz. Happy with the current speed, so no need to gamble further.