Laptop shuts down during installation, cites critical temperature (~105C)

[Theist17]

Hi all.

I'm trying my hardest to install Jaunty on my Toshiba Satellite, but I keep having the same strange problem. My computer will periodically decide that it doesn't want to live anymore, and quickly kills itself. I'm using Wubi 9.04 to install, if that has anything to do with it.

The reason given for the intermittent shutdowns is that my laptop has reached a critical temperature of around 105C, even when started cold(literally)

It's really frustrating me because I've been trying to install Ubuntu for about two days now, with the same issues.

Any tips?

[mdmarmer]

Tell us exactly what model of Toshiba Sattelite you have, maybe someone can help.
http://www.linux-on-laptops.com/
Or search these forums (and other Ubuntu sites) for your model

Mike

[Theist17]

Yeah, I probably should've mentioned a specific model, shouldn't I?

I have a Toshiba Satellite M305D-S4380.

A buddy of mine thinks that it may be a processor sensor. Any ideas?

Thanks for replying, by the way.

[Theist17]

Well, I have no idea what was going wrong. However, it's fixed now, and I've been running Jaunty Jackalope for two days now!

Thanks for the help!