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Vaio SB - Turn off AMD Graphics Card?

I've got a Vaio SB with Hybrid Graphics (Intel Graphics Card and AMD/ATI Radeon HD 6400M/7400M Series). It is running in Dual-Boot with Windows 7 and has the latest BIOS-Update. For reason that the ...
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overheating on VAIO SB

I have ubuntu 12.04 on my VAIO SB36 and it overheats and the fan speed is at max. How should I fix it?? System Specs: Intel® Core™ i5-2430M CPU - unknown graphic detects!! (it's both intel and ATI ...
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Fan runs at max when screen is dimmed to save power

Everytime the screen dims to save power after my laptop has been idle, the fan starts spinning really fast and the cpu temp rises to about 60 deg C. When I move the mouse to undim the screen, the fan ...
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My fan is DEAFENING - Please help, i googled and googled to no avail [VAIO Laptop]

- Greetings to all helpful Ubuntu Gurus - i'm using a VAIO VPC EB100C Laptop with an Ubuntu 11.10 OS running on it [64bit] and i'm having grave issues with my fan - it runs non stop. I doubt that ...
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Cannot control the fan on a Sony Vaio laptop

I've got Sony Vaio laptop and my fan is on all the time, though the temperature on the video-adapter is always over 60°С. As I've googled, vaiofand does not support VPC-EA series. Is there ...