Could you please try if the same problem occurs with Feisty Herd 4 which ships with Kernel 2.6.20 (Just boot the LiveCD function)?
-- laptop overheats when performing CPU intensive tasks. https://launchpad.net/bugs/22336 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
