pol wrote:
pol wrote:
After ms-windows xp has been running for hours, the lapto is mildly warm
on the lower side, so the overheating issue seems to rise only when linux
is running.
I have updated the bios and now things are getting better with linux.
Until my laptop is plugged in, it is alm
pol wrote:
> After ms-windows xp has been running for hours, the lapto is mildly warm
> on the lower side, so the overheating issue seems to rise only when linux
> is running.
> I have updated the bios and now things are getting better with linux.
> Until my laptop is plugged in, it is almost col
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pol wrote:
> I have updated the bios and now things are getting better with linux. Until
> my laptop is plugged in, it is almost cold when touching the lower side,
> even colder that when ms-windows is running.
Good.
> When it is on battery it gets
Linas Žvirblis wrote:
> * Post output of "uname -a" (kernel info).
> * Post output of "cat /proc/cpuinfo | grep model" (CPU model).
> * Post output of "cat /proc/acpi/processor/*/*" (CPU info).
> * Post output of "acpi -t" (current temperatures).
> * Post output of "cat /proc/acpi/fan/*/state" (fa
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pol wrote:
>> * Laptop model? BIOS version?
>
> it is hp tc4200 tablet-- do not know about the bios, but i remember it was
> released in 2005
Do upgrade your BIOS to the latest version. These things have broken
ACPI implementation that most likely i
Linas ?virblis wrote:
> * For how long does it run cool?
i would say 1-2 hours, but i am not sure
> * Does it get warmer gradually, or suddenly becomes hot?
i gets hot gradually and stays hot for long (half or 1 hour, but i am not
sure)
> * Does it feel anything like 100 C? It should be fair
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pol wrote:
> Yet, after hours, quiet and cold, the bottom starts warming up, after more
> hours, in a few minutes, fan starts running at the highest speed, a
> writing shows up on the screen: 'critical temp reached' (over 100 C) and the
> machine shu
Douglas Allan Tutty wrote:
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> If the drive has S.M.A.R.T. you can monitor drive temp directly; also
> see hddtemp package.
> Keep in mind that spinning up a disk causes wear on the drive.
I'll try,
> Lots of things can get hot especially if they're not working right;
> things like power supp
Linas ?virblis wrote:
> What do you mean by "overheats"? Does it become extremely slow, or shuts
> down? Or does it simply become warm? How do you monitor temperature?
It gets hot on the bottom, as i can tell on touch, eventually it shuts down.
Also three temperatures are displayed on the panel
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pol write:
> Hi all
Hello,
> Often my laptop overheats, although the cpu is not overloaded (according to
> the 'top' monitor)
What do you mean by "overheats"? Does it become extremely slow, or shuts
down? Or does it simply become warm? How do you m
On Sat, May 26, 2007 at 02:55:23PM +0200, pol wrote:
>
> Often my laptop overheats, although the cpu is not overloaded (according to
> the 'top' monitor)
>
> I guess the only other component that can get hot is the spinning hard disk.
> I have tried the command
> hdparm -S 1 /dev/sda
Hi all
Often my laptop overheats, although the cpu is not overloaded (according to
the 'top' monitor)
I guess the only other component that can get hot is the spinning hard disk.
I have tried the command
hdparm -S 1 /dev/sda
turning off the disk after 5 seconds of inactivity, but n
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