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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OUCH! Laptop running SUPER HOT after 12.10 upgrade!
I was running 12.04 with Unity 3D for 6 months; my laptop ran almost silently and cool enough to hold on my lap with ~4 hours of battery life. I updated to 12.10 and switched to the Gnome 3 Shell. Now ...
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How do I get fan control working?
I know there something called fancontrol, that enables you to control the speed of your system's ventilation. I'd like to let my fans spin a bit faster as my laptop is heating up very easilly. All ...
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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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What can I do to prevent Ubuntu from overheating my Notebook?
I have an easynote tj65 (2.1 ghz dual core with Geforce GT240M) running Ubuntu 11.10 and Windows 7 in dual-boot-mode.
While Windows 7 doesn't have any comparable issues, Ubuntu is making my notebook ...
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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 ...
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High Idle CPU temperature under Ubuntu, but not Windows
I have a Dell Inspiron Mini 1012 running Ubuntu 10.04 and Windows 7 Starter in a dual-boot configuration.
The CPU runs much cooler in Windows than it does in Ubuntu, even when the CPU has been ...
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Why does my laptop with AMD Radeon HD 76xx graphics get overheated when using Ubuntu?
I bought a new laptop which came pre-installed with Windows 7. I love working on Ubuntu and hence installed 12.04 on my laptop. I can work on Windows for 6 hours at a stretch and feel the laptop being ...
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Bumblebee Overheating
My laptop Samsung RF411(Geforce 540M) is overheating when i run optirun glxspheres the temperature of the core jumps to 97C and the GPU to 72C and after some minuties the computer shutdown.
An ...
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Laptop resumes from suspend while lid is closed [closed]
I have a Dell Studio 15 and I am running Ubuntu 10.10.
When I close my lid or select the suspend option, the machine suspends as indicated by the slowly pulsing power indicator.
I'll put the machine ...
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Gnome 3 Ati Fan always on
Hello I am using Ubuntu 11.10 with Gnome 3 installed. I have issues with the fan (I know that there are many threads about this but nothing has worked).
I am using Dell Studio XPS 1640 running ...
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ASUS 1215n 12.04 overheating
This is the 3rd time i install Ubuntu. And this time it's 12.04. I've been going back to Windows, but keep on coming back!
But I just got this one problem, my ASUS EeePC 1215n keeps on overheating ...
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Has the Ubuntu overheating problem for Sony Vaio solved?
I used Sony Vaio VPCEA23en with graphics card ATI Radeon HD 5145 and have been using Ubuntu 11.10 and recently upgraded to 12.04 beta, however the problem of overheating (60-70) still persists.
I have ...
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Hard drive overheats when laptop running on AC power
Here is the deal. When using 12.04 laptop runs so cool and quiet but immediately I plug in, the temperature of the Hard drive starts to go up. (hitting 60•C in no time). However when I unplug the AC ...
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How can I keep the cpu temp low?
I have an HP pavilion dv7, I'm using ubuntu 12.04 so the overheating problem with sandybridge cpu is a lot better.
However my laptop is still becoming too hot to keep on my legs.
The problem is that ...
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Abnormal increase in laptop temperature
When I boot into Ubuntu from my USB pendrive, my laptop fan becomes abnormally loud and the fan temperature also increases (I can feel the heat by putting my hand under the laptop). This doesn't ...
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T61 Lenovo Laptop overheats - is there a fix?
my Lenovo Laptop is overheating since I installed Ubuntu 11.10.
Does anyone know of a fix/cause for this problem?
Thanks!
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Hard drive overheating badly
My laptop's hard drive heats up quite badly. The regular operating range hovers around 42-44 Centigrade. It gets even worse when the screen is locked with temperatures shooting up to 50C. The casing ...
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Dell Inspiron N5010 overheating
I've installed Ubuntu 11.10 on a Dell Inspiron N5010. It gets too hot and is automatically shutdown. Can anybody suggest why this is happening and how to fix it?
The application is use the most often ...
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Samsung Series 5 overheating
I bought a Samsung Series 5 Ultra 2 weeks ago and installed Ubuntu 12.04 LTS. I am experiencing problems with overheating. When streaming, watching a movie or when having several programms/actions ...
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Tweaks and configuration for Radeon Open Source driver
Can I tweak or configure Radeon driver to reduce overheating. My GPU gets 70-80C temp on start.
I don't want Catalyst by now because they are very slow for 2D.
using mobility hd4570, Ubuntu 12.04 ...
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Very hot running with ubuntu
My laptop seems to get very hot when running with Ubuntu. The vents arent blocked and its got plenty of clear airflow when in use. Its noticeably hotter running ubuntu than it is running windows.
I ...
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overheating and shutdown problems when adobe flash runs?
I'm a new user of UBUNTU and using a Dell latitude D630. When I browse to site that have some flash animation (mostly advertisements), the temperature of cores increase dramatically (I check with ...
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Heat issues on 11.10 beta?
I am running an old Gateway laptop (7330gz) with 1 gig of RAM and 80 gig HDD, when I went to try 11.04 I found myself overheating frequently and ended up returning to 10.10.
Has anyone noticed any ...
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laptop (thinkpad x201t) with i7 overheats and shuts down. how to manage turbo boost?
i have lenovo thinkpad x201 tablet with ubuntu 11.04. when i run mathematica or stress, the laptop overheats and shuts down. i loose all my work.
I would think that turbo boost (for intel i7) turns ...
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Why is my laptop running so hot with Ubuntu?
I have pretty decent laptop and should be more than enough for running Ubuntu for browsing and watching movies, but Ubuntu seems to be getting much hotter than it should, compared to Win 7. I'm on ...
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CPU heat problems!
Hi I'm with Intel i7 Dell-laptop. I installed Ubuntu 12.04(64bit) from scratch. I realized the CPU temperature increased immediately(it's not difficult to detect temperature with this computer only by ...
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Dell Studio 1737 Overheating
I am using a Dell Studio 1737 laptop. I have been running Linux and have ran Windows recently for a very long time. I upgraded to the 10.10 distribution and since that distro, it seems that for some ...
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Overheating problem on Ubuntu 13.04
I have recently upgraded Ubuntu to 13.04. Since this time I have overheating problems with CPU and graphic card. I also can't use fglrx drivers, because Ubuntu does not work properly, so I use the ...
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Notebook overheating
I'm asking this question because I've tried many tips to solve they don't work and it sounds like a non-fixed bug ubuntu.
My problem is with overheating.
I've recently installed Ubuntu Precise 12.04 ...
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Fan Always ON (Laptop HP G62)
Recently, I installed Ubuntu 11.10 on my HP G62. But after I installed i noticed that my laptop fan always ON.
Kindly guide me on how this fix this issue. I'm new to this new lovely O.S.
Thanks!
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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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Proprietary NVidia drivers with EFI on Mac
I have a dual-boot Mac OS X 10.8 and Kubuntu 12.10 64x on my white MacBook from mid-2010 installed. (Model identifier: MacBook7,1 . I have upgraded my RAM from 2GB to 8GB, if that matters.) I have ...
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Very High CPU usage on HP dv7 Laptop when IDLE
I'm pretty new to Linux computing. So I finally thought of giving Ubuntu a try, by dualbooting it with Windows 8 on my hp dv7-6006tx laptop. Laptop Specs
But after installation, I immediately ...
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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 ...
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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
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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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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Laptop seems to be overheating since installing Ubuntu [closed]
I'm completely new to Ubuntu and it's running great so far but the one issue that I've been having is that my laptop seems to heat up more than usual (even more than when I run windows!).
I only ...
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Set ATI/AMD GPU Fan speed with MESA Driver
My video card's (Sapphire ATi Radeon HD 3650) temperature reaches 150°C in 5 minutes and then it stops working.
I installed fglrx and it works now. I can even play 3D games for 5-30 minutes.
If I use ...
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Why x64 bit version is way more faster than x32?
Lately I noticed that my old laptop (Toshiba Satellite L500-1DT) works better with x64 based Ubuntu version, than x32. Well with faster I meant - Adobe Flash videos and apps works much better. ...
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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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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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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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How to switch off graphics card?
I am using Ubuntu 12.04 in my HP laptop (A8 processor), It is getting overheated when I use Ubuntu, but when I use Windows it stays cool. I want to switch off my graphics card in Ubuntu. This has to ...
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the “additional drivers” shows nothing
I started using Ubuntu 32 bit last week. I love it but I recognized there was a problem with the cooling system. the fan doesn't stop and slightly loud all the time (that wasn't the case while running ...
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Overheating problem in Samsung NP550P7C Laptop
I've been struggling with some issues. First I will start off with a listing of my hardware.
00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Ivy Bridge DRAM Controller (rev 09)
00:01.0 PCI bridge: Intel ...
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Can installing Ubuntu cause Windows to run hot on dual boot machine?
Okay, I'm pretty sure that it is not possible for Ubuntu to cause hardware problems with Windows but..
I installed 12.04 as a dual boot on a Compaq Presario CQ61 running Windows 7 Home premium. ...
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How to reduce the fan noise and how to increase battery life?
I have a brand new Sony Vaio S series laptop.(VPCSA2DGX) It came factory installed with Windows 7 professional Edition 64bit. Runs Intel core i5, 500 GB HDD , 4GB Ram. First I installed ubuntu 11.10 ...
