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Over-heat problem [duplicate]

I installed Ubuntu a few months ago and it raises the laptop's temperature very rapidly, unlike Windows, then the laptop started shutting down after 2 or 3 hours maximum because of its very high ...
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Ubuntu 12.10 running really slow [duplicate]

Ubuntu 12.10 works really slow on my computer. Any ideas on what the problem could be? Configuration: Dell Inspiron 1564 Intel i5, 3GB RAM graphics: ATI 5450
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How to check if my graphic card is muxless?

How can I check whether my Graphic Card is "muxed" or "muxless"? My graphic card is an AMD HD 8730M, and on my Dell Inspiron 15r 5521 I've also got an Intel HD 4000. But when I use the lspci command ...
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Laptop fan always on in Ubuntu 12.10?

I have dual booted Ubuntu 12.10 with Windows 7 on my Dell Inspiron 15r 3rd gen laptop. In Windows I have absolutely no problem with fan. But when I boot into Ubuntu after about a min the fan speed ...
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Overheating problem - Dell n4030

My computer overheats too much under Ubuntu 12.04 (does not happen in Win 7). I read some threads and could be the VGA card, but I'm no tech or linux expert, so was hoping you could help me fix this ...
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Dell Studio 1749 i5 overheats with Ubuntu

I've Dell 1749 with Intel i5 430M, ATI 5000HD and 8GB Ram, so I thought that Ubuntu would work without problems but temperature is about 70-80c when I'm normally using (firefox, thunderbird). During ...
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weird screen resolution in Ubuntu 12.10

I have Dell 7520 with AMD Raedon 7XXXM graphics card, thankfully, I got to make it work. But the problem now is screen resolution, as I have screen resolution of 1920 X 1080 for 15.6" laptop, which is ...
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Dual monitor with ATI

I'm running 12.04 dual booted on a Dell Inspiron i17R with an ATI 5400. I'm trying to get an external monitor (Dell UltraSharp U2412M) to act as a second display. When I connect it to my computer, it ...
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DELL Inspiron 7520 and amd radeon driver 13.1: How can I switch video cards?

I have wanted to know can you make switching on the Inspiron 7520 using an AMD HD 7730m and an Intel 4000hd. Dell sent me two scripts:   Script 1: #turn off discrete graphics card echo ...
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VESA:M92 standard, but ati driver installed? (12.04 LTS)

I have a Dell studio 1555 with an ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4500, and I have installed the proprietary driver but when I go to settings>details>graphics, ubuntu tells me the driver is VESA:M92, ...
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Dell 15R overheating

Hello after installing Ubuntu 12.04 my laptop is constantly running above 60°C. I have installed the relative third party drivers but still the same. My laptop is a Dell 15R n5010, i5. 01:00.0 VGA ...
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Which graphic cards are best supported by Ubuntu [closed]

I am looking at new laptops and before buying wanted to know which of the graphics cards from below are best supported by Ubuntu. NVIDIA GeForce GT 630M (ASUS K55VM) NVIDIA GeForce GT 650M (Samsun ...
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A better graphic card for my laptop?

I have an old Dell Studio 1558 laptop, now I would like to change the VGA card and I hope you can show me what is the best for my Ubuntu Laptop. Here is the output of dmidecode command
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Why does Ubuntu trigger thermal protection shutdowns on my Dell laptop?

I have been using Windows (Vista and 7) for quite some time on my DELL Studio 1555 and I have never experienced overheating problems (even when rendering videos etc.) but as soon as I turn on my ...
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Ubuntu 12.04 on Dell Inspiron n5010 Laptop. I can't install the ATI drivers!

After a clean install of Ubuntu 12.04 on my Dell Inspiron n5010 Laptop, I can't install the ATI drivers! How I can fix this? Because my laptop gets very hot & is too slow! the battery runs ...
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ATI 6470m & intel HD graphics 3000 drivers?

I have a Dell 15R 2nd Gen with an ATI 6470m GPU and Intel HD graphics 3000 (form the i5 processor). I just installed Ubuntu 11.10 and can't get the graphics card to install. In system information it ...
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Dell with Intel SandyBridge and HD Radeon 6470M

I got a new Dell Inspiron 15R and I made a fresh install of Ubuntu 11.10. The problem is that when I'm using my computer, after 20 minutes or something, my screen starts to flash and flick a lot. ...
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Ubuntu 11.10 Dell M4600 ATI Radeon HD6700M Dual Monitors

I am having problems with my m4600 supporting dual monitors. I have a ATI Radeon HD 6700M (from lspci) and have installed the ATI proprietary drivers for that model and followed the instructions ...
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Jockey not detecting my ATI IGP Xpress 1150

Will get to the point, Fresh Ubuntu 11.04, I tried to edit the appearance settings for Gnome Do 0.8.4, get the error "you must enable compositing" help guides suggested to install Compiz. Installed ...
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Unable to resume if suspended for more than 20 minutes on a Dell Inspiron N5010

I am using 11.04 64bit on Dell Inspiron N5010. I have this strange problem, if I leave my laptop suspended for more than 20 minutes(approx.) then it does not resume. It works fine if I resume within ...
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Problem with fglrx when updating from 10.04 to 10.10

Well I had some problems with update so I'll post solution. I use Dell Studio 1555. My symptoms were that after reboot screen flickered and then I got console login prompt. Basically after the ...