Questions tagged [overheating]

Overheating is when something gets so hot it is to the point of being dangerous. An old fan that does not cool the processor fast enough might cause the processor to overheat, ruining the circuitry inside and rendering the processor useless.

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macbook pro retina overheating

I've strange problem that I have tried to solve for long time Macbook Pro Retina overheating I've tried : laptop-mode-tools,indicator-cpu,thermald,powertop Distros tried to use but no fix : Ubuntu ...
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Does Thermald for Ubuntu work with AMD processors?

I installed tlp and thermald to avoid overheating on my laptop, but I don't know if thermald is only for Intel processors or it will work the same with AMD processors. I have an AMD A8 2.00 GHz and ...
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Should I fix my overheating problem or invest in a new laptop? [closed]

So I am running into overheating issues, constant shutdowns and lagging when I open multiple tabs on the browser, which is not convenient at all. Here are my laptop specs: Intel(R) Core(TM) i7 CPU L ...
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How to prevent laptop from overheating in backpack?

A friend said, his laptop's battery is very weak after Ubuntu failed to suspend after lid closed. He then quickly put laptop to backpack and did not realized, that laptop is still working. I'm ...
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Difference in fans on Windows 7 and Ubuntu 12.04

I have bought a Hp Pavilion DV7 with Core i7 CPU and installed Ubuntu 12.04 on dual boot with Windows 7 alongside. Apart from the difference in battery life (although that's fixed with Jupiter), I ...
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Dell Latitude E6520 overheating

I'm a newcomer to Ubuntu 11.10. My laptop is a Dell Latitude E6520, Sandy Bridge platform. The system cooling fan is crazy all the time. I don't do any intensive tasks. I really hope my laptop doesn't ...
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MacBook crashes due to overheating?

I've got a MacBook 6,1 with Natty installed, and occasionally, usually when I'm doing something intensive, the display freezes up and becomes totally unresponsive, while the lat 2 seconds of audio ...
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Laptop freezing after Ubuntu kernel 5.11.0-34-generic

I have a Lenovo Thinkpad X1 Carbon 7th gen with Ubuntu 20.04 installed. The current kernel version installed is 5.11.0-34-generic. Few days ago, my laptop froze completely and after a forced shutdown ...
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Ubuntu 20.04.2 LTS machine heating

I am Using Ubuntu 20.04.2 LTS Machine with dual booting I have dual-booted both windows 10 & ubuntu 20.04 in the SSD (250GB). I have noticed that while using ubuntu fan speed is very high & ...
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Nvidia proprietary driver causing overheat

I've a fresh install of Ubuntu 20.04 lts and having nvidia mx150 as my GPU. When I watch an HD video or do some GPU dedicated tasks like animation or deep learning, I see my core temperatures rising ...
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hand control to "thinkfan"

I'm struggling to get thinkfan set up and working on my lenovo x250. I have it installed, but I'm not convinced it is controlling the fan speed. If I run: $ cat /proc/acpi/ibm/fan in the Terminal, I ...
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Core temperature above threshold but sensors says temperatures are far way from critical

I own an XPS 9370 and often find the following in my dmesg [40705.581409] mce: CPU5: Core temperature above threshold, cpu clock throttled (total events = 950) [40705.581410] mce: CPU1: Core ...
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Ubuntu 18.04.1 not thermal throttling

I have a asus laptop (X705UDR), and installed ubuntu on it. However, I have some trouble with overheating under load, and after some investigation I noticed that, even when core temps reach 90+ ...
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How do I turn the fan on?

I have a fairly oldish system76 laptop and the fan does not turn on automatically any longer, so the CPU overheats and the laptop powers off all the time. I opened it and cleaned it from dust. I also ...
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At what point should I worry about high temperatures?

I just got a new system76 galago pro. It's nice. It has 8 threads and lots of memory. I do a lot of multicore computing in R, and a lot of my jobs are borderline between something that I'd do ...
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Thinkpad T420 laptops overheating, but only when on AC power

I maintain two ThinkPad T420 laptops running Ubuntu 16.04 which have both started having overheating issues within the last few weeks. As both computers ran just great for many months before this, I ...
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programs open and computer overheats while in sleep mode [closed]

i recently changed my laptop's OS from Windows 10 to ubuntu 17.04 and every time i shut the screen (which would originally on Windows 10 just suspend it) the laptop gets very hot over a short amount ...
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Ubuntu 16.04 freezes frequently

Hi I am quite new to ubuntu. I am using ubuntu 16.04 in dual boot. My laptop is ASUS bought a little bit more than 3 years ago, with: Memory: 3.7GiB Processor: Intel® Core™ i7-4500U CPU @ 1.80GHz × 4 ...
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What is `tracker-miner` doing? [duplicate]

I recently upgraded to 16.04 from 14.04. Somehow, this is the first time I've ever even noticed tracker, though it seems complaints have been forthcoming for years now. Ever since the upgrade, a ...
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How to solve laptop GPU overheating problem in Ubuntu16.04

Module Thinkpad W540. Spec: intel core i7 4800mq, Nvidia Quadra K2100M. Problem: I tried fresh installs of Ubuntu16.04, Kubuntu16.04, Ubuntu Gnome 16.04, and all of them suffer from the problem of ...
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Ubuntu 16.04 is not providing working suspend or hibernate feature

I previously used 14.04 and i used to suspend when ever i am done and need to resume my task later . That shuts my machine down(except the LED indicator) which didn't consume power and no heating so i ...
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How to Control FanSpeed on hp envy 15

my computer is prone to over-heating and so I'm trying to control the fan speeds. I've researched a little and I'm blocked How to control fan speed? and then installed lm-sensorsand fan control. I'm ...
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T430 i5 overheating

Heavy overheating - How to stop? I have a ThinkPad T430 running a Intel® Core™ i5-3320M CPU @ 2.60GHz × 4 (IvyBridge) on Ubuntu 14.10. I reinstalled Ubuntu a few weeks ago. While I always thought ...
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Ubuntu CPU Fan at 2200 RPM and CPU top at 90°C

I have a problem with my CPU heat. I'm running Ubuntu 14.04 (64bit) and I have issues with the cooling. I know it might be a hardware issue, but I've checked, the fan is running and in my GUI I use ...
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13.04 flickering mouse pointer [duplicate]

I'm running 13.04 on my laptop. My laptop has a tendency to run really hot - to the point of thermal shutdowns if left unattended for a long period of time. I don't know if that's relevant. the mouse ...
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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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Problem with ATI Radeon HD 7670M on Ubuntu 12.10 [duplicate]

Possible Duplicate: Unity does not start after installing the fglrx drivers on 12.10 I updated from Ubuntu 12.04 to 12.10 a couple of days back. My machine is a Dell Inspiron 15R with a Radeon ...
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HP Pavilion g6 - 64 bit high temperature

I have ubuntu 12.04 and my temperatures are constantly over 55°C I've tried jupiter power saving mode without results. I've tried installing ATI proprietary drivers but there wasn't a significant ...
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Fan always on and overheating problems on HP G62 [closed]

I have a HP G62 with i5 processor, 4G Ram and ATI HD 5470. Started using Ubuntu 4 months ago, first was 11.10 and after 12.04. Everything worked perfectly until some weeks ago when my cpu fan became "...
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Fan noise and overheating problem in Dell Inspiron N5110 [duplicate]

I have installed Ubuntu 11.10 in a Dell Inspiron N5110 laptop and it works fine. But I can hear a continuous noise from the cooling system. What should I do to solve this problem?
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CPU overheating on a Sony Vaio VPCEA15FG

I have installed Ubuntu besides Windows7 on my laptop (Vaio Sony VPCEA15FG). I can work with Windows for several hours without any problem; but as soon as I log into Ubuntu, my CPU overheats to 80C ...
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Dell N7110 i7 overheats and doesn't boot when anything is plugged into the USB3 port [closed]

When i plug in any devices (mouse, keyboard) into usb 3.0 system dell n7110 overheats and fan goes crazy with terrible noise. So i'm using 1 usb 2.0 slot now with a usb hub. It doesn't solve the ...
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How do I use fancontrol on HP Elitebook 8560w?

I have an HP EliteBook 8560w running on Ubuntu 16.04 (Xenial Xerus) that for just running Firefox I get 60 degrees Celsius and when running Eclipse IDE or Blender for example I get around 75 ...
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Set max power level of Nvidia PowerMizer to 1

I have Dell XPS with GTX 1050 and Ubuntu 18.04. I am trying to set max performance level on my GPU so that my laptop does not heat up so much. The problem is that normally with the adaptive mode set ...
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Laptop Sony is constantly hot. How to fix it?

I have Sony Vaio pcG-392M. The video is "GeForce 8400M GT". I use XBMC on it most of the time. Ubuntu 12.04. Kernel 3.2.0-33-generic-pae. The problem: Fan is on most of the time. CPU stays 70C, gets ...
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Is Unity causing my Macbook to run near-burning hot?

I have a macbook 5,1 with Ubuntu 12.04 LTS installed. Using the default Unity interface (that is, compiz). With time the case on where the GPU is located gets very hot, a few more degrees and I'd ...
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Dell Studio 1558 shutting down due to over heating

My system (DELL Studio 1558) gets shut down while using GNOME Shell on Ubuntu 11.10 without any message, because the system over-heats. The fan below the processor is also not working. Does any one ...
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Toshiba laptop overheats and switches off

Since upgrading to 11.10 from 11.04 my laptop rapidly heats up and eventually turns off by itself (due to the intense heat I presume). This was not happening whilst running 11.04; I opted then to run ...
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Power Management governor changes alone from powersave to performance

So, I'm having some overheating problems with an HP Envy 15 that are driving me nuts. See this and this for reference. Anyway, I did an Ubuntu 18.04 fresh install. Also installed tlp and cpufrequtils....
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Laptop wakes while lid is closed and overheats

I'm running 12.04 on a toshiba L305D with athlon x2 (Already suspect this has something to do with it). My laptop will wake from suspend, presumably from wireless scanning. This is a serious bug as ...
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Rapid Battery drainage and overheating

I bought a new Acer Swift 3 SF314-55G, the day before yesterday. I dual booted it with ubuntu 20.04 LTS Desktop version. ANd started using ubuntu itself. The laptop started heating up, even with ...
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100% CPU usage and overheating issue when Wi-Fi is on in Ubuntu 18.04

In my laptop (Asus VivoBook, i5 8th gen, 256GB+1TB, 8GB ram), using Ubuntu 18.04 (dual boot with Windows 10), it was showing 100% CPU used when Wi-Fi is on (no other processes were running). So that ...
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Ubuntu 16.04 Skylake overheating

I recently bought a laptop boarding a skylake i7-6700hq processor, and I managed to install Ubuntu 16.04, however, I noticed that the laptop was overheating resulting to a very short battery life ...
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How do I fix an overheating problem with an HP ENVY-4 ultrabook?

I have bought a new HP ENVY-4 ultrabook. It has an i5 processor, pre-installed Windows 7 and 2GB Radeon graphics card. What happened was when I started using Ubuntu it showed overheating. I ignored ...
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ATI radeon mobility 3650 overheats and shuts down computer in Xubuntu and not Windows. Why?

I have recently installed Xubuntu 12.04 alongside Windows Vista on my Acer Aspire 6920G laptop. I installed the latest proprietary fglrx drivers for the ATI radeon mobility 3650. In Xubuntu I felt ...
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Ubuntu 18 installation on a MacBook 6.2 (mid 2010) has graphics and overheating issues

I attempted to restore a MacBook 6.2 (mid 2010) that was very slow with the factory-hardware-configuration in early 2020 (4 GB RAM, GeForce GT 330M dedicated graphics board, and Intel Core i5). First, ...
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Ubuntu 20.04 LTS overheating after upgrading from Ubuntu 19

I have just upgraded my machine from Ubuntu 19 to 20.04 LTS and it started overheating. Ubuntu 19 was working fine and the upgrade has not changed my configuration files (i.e. the turbo is still ...
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Why is Ubuntu Mate 16.04 runs hotter than Windows 7 on my Core2 and ATI Mobility Radeon 3xxx laptop?

Why is my Ubuntu Mate 16.04 runs hotter than my Windows 7 on my Core2 Penryn P8700 and ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3670 laptop? I ran lm-sensors and found that the GPU temp consistently hits 63 and 64 C, ...
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Surface Book 2 - CPU1 always at 89-91% usage (hot) [18.04]

I've been trying to find people with similar issues as me, and no luck. I just installed Ubuntu 18.04 on my newly bought Microsoft Surface Book 2 - and it's a very handy and portable machine. I know ...
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CPU temperature reaches 90 degrees C [closed]

My laptop is Lenovo IdeaPad 110-15ACL with AMD E1-7010. The CPU temperature reaches 90C and I can't even touch the laptop. Can this cause any harm to the laptop? what should I do?
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