i did write a script to
heat up my cpu with openssl looping 256 times instead. On the P4 box, i get this message on my terminal within few seconds.
Message from syslogd@web2 at Wed Apr 4 12:56:34 2007 ...
web2 kernel: CPU0: Temperature above threshold
Message from syslogd@web2 at Wed Apr 4 12:56:34 2007 ...
web2 kernel: CPU0: Running in modulated clock mode
allright, no need to invest in room heater this winter.