> > I just installed a snapshot (dated Oct 19) of -current on a new EeePC > > 1001PXD. The installation itself went fine. However, on the first boot, > > even before I can see the login prompt, acpitz decides to shutdown the > > machine: > > acpitz0: critical temperature exceeded 255C (5282K), shutting down
[..] > `dmesg' with this patch is at: > <http://tar-jx.bz/stuff/dmesg.lapin-5.0-nohaltoncrit> >From your dmesg: > acpiec _REG failed, broken BIOS ASUS has a BIOS update (0702; 2011.04.13) with the this description: > Update EC firmware I'd try that. Tell me if it fixes the problem.