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frequent abnormal shutdowns/system crashes

It's been almost 5 days since I have installed Ubuntu and almost 6th time that my laptop has been crashed entirely and it shuts down abnormally. Actually, it heats up and I have to wait for 20 odd ...
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1answer
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intel atom getting too hot

I own an Asus 1215N which is getting very hot Intel Atom 525D dual core ION 2 (geforce 220 + GMA 3150) 4 GB RAM Ubuntu 12.04 it hits 86 C at idle. Some times (at load or turned on > 1 hour) it shuts ...
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How do I get a Broadcom 4313 wireless card working on a 2.6.38 kernel?

Originally using Ubuntu 11.10 64-bit (Kernel 3.0.0-14-generic) . As there are heating issues with the kernels, i installed kernel 2.6.38.10-kernel also. When i boot using 2.6 kernel, the wifi doesnt ...
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How do I debug an overheating problem?

I have a problem with my Laptop (Dell Inspiron 1564 Core i5 4GB Ram VGA ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4300 running Ubuntu 10.10 32bit). It shuts down abruptly without even a lag in the application I am ...
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Dell Studio XPS 16 overheats

Since I have switched from Win 7 to Ubuntu, it seems my laptop is much hotter and the fan is much louder. Is it normal behavior or maybe can I fix this by tweaking some settings? If so, what would be ...