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jccl1706

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From: Cuba

Registered: 2010-03-11

Posts: 67

my laptop is heating up much

hello friends the portital I suddenly turn off when I watch the temperature was 90 degrees this way too heated I recommend that solution,
please help

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evr

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Registered: 2009-01-23

Posts: 554

Re: my laptop is heating up much

it might help if you gave us some specs on your hardware, but generally do you have frequency scaling/fan control enabled on your computer?

jccl1706

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From: Cuba

Registered: 2010-03-11

Posts: 67

Re: my laptop is heating up much

that's what I do not know if it enabled on my system??? as I know?

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jccl1706

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From: Cuba

Registered: 2010-03-11

Posts: 67

Re: my laptop is heating up much

hard specifications are as follows IBM ThinkPad R40e notebook computer
if you say you need other information

greetings

┌─[archrock][~]
└─╼ lspci
00:00.0 Host bridge: ATI Technologies Inc RS200/RS200M AGP Bridge [IGP 340M] (rev 02)
00:01.0 PCI bridge: ATI Technologies Inc PCI Bridge [IGP 340M]
00:02.0 USB Controller: ALi Corporation USB 1.1 Controller (rev 03)
00:03.0 Modem: ALi Corporation M5457 AC'97 Modem Controller
00:04.0 Multimedia audio controller: ALi Corporation M5451 PCI AC-Link Controller Audio Device (rev 02)
00:06.0 Bridge: ALi Corporation M7101 Power Management Controller [PMU]
00:07.0 ISA bridge: ALi Corporation M1533/M1535/M1543 PCI to ISA Bridge [Aladdin IV/V/V+]
00:0b.0 Ethernet controller: Broadcom Corporation NetXtreme BCM5901 100Base-TX (rev 01)
00:0c.0 CardBus bridge: Texas Instruments PCI1510 PC card Cardbus Controller
00:0f.0 IDE interface: ALi Corporation M5229 IDE (rev c4)
01:05.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc Radeon IGP 330M/340M/350M
02:00.0 USB Controller: NEC Corporation USB (rev 41)
02:00.1 USB Controller: NEC Corporation USB (rev 41)
02:00.2 USB Controller: NEC Corporation USB 2.0 (rev 02)

┌─[archrock][~]
└─╼ lsmod 
Module                  Size  Used by
radeon                525058  1 
ttm                    31045  1 radeon
drm_kms_helper         21971  1 radeon
drm                   126556  4 radeon,ttm,drm_kms_helper
i2c_algo_bit            4219  1 radeon
ipv6                  237596  10 
ext2                   56463  1 
usbhid                 33579  0 
hid                    61085  1 usbhid
snd_seq_dummy           1099  0 
snd_seq_oss            25304  0 
snd_seq_midi_event      4452  1 snd_seq_oss
pcmcia                 27513  0 
snd_seq                42628  5 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi_event
snd_seq_device          4313  3 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq
fuse                   51628  0 
snd_ali5451            13394  1 
cpufreq_powersave        646  0 
snd_ac97_codec         85937  1 snd_ali5451
snd_pcm_oss            33693  0 
cpufreq_ondemand        6897  1 
ac97_bus                 750  1 snd_ac97_codec
thinkpad_acpi          49210  0 
snd_mixer_oss          14810  1 snd_pcm_oss
snd_pcm                57351  3 snd_ali5451,snd_ac97_codec,snd_pcm_oss
acpi_cpufreq            5631  0 
rfkill                 12320  1 thinkpad_acpi
ohci_hcd               19732  0 
ppdev                   4882  0 
i2c_ali15x3             4494  0 
snd_timer              16117  2 snd_seq,snd_pcm
yenta_socket           19039  2 
freq_table              1955  2 cpufreq_ondemand,acpi_cpufreq
led_class               1933  1 thinkpad_acpi
video                  14871  0 
tg3                   105255  0 
lp                      6616  0 
ehci_hcd               31594  0 
i2c_ali1535             4302  0 
shpchp                 26592  0 
parport_pc             27680  1 
rsrc_nonstatic          8891  1 yenta_socket
snd                    43847  11 snd_seq_oss,snd_seq,snd_seq_device,snd_ali5451,snd_ac97_codec,snd_pcm_oss,snd_mixer_oss,snd_pcm,snd_timer
battery                 7328  0 
ac                      2255  0 
nvram                   4449  1 thinkpad_acpi
output                  1404  1 video
evdev                   6970  14 
processor              26526  2 acpi_cpufreq
libphy                 13206  1 tg3
pci_hotplug            23492  1 shpchp
button                  3638  0 
parport                26575  3 ppdev,lp,parport_pc
i2c_core               15369  5 radeon,drm,i2c_algo_bit,i2c_ali15x3,i2c_ali1535
thermal                 9326  0 
usbcore               118921  4 usbhid,ohci_hcd,ehci_hcd
psmouse                56309  0 
pcmcia_core            25675  3 pcmcia,yenta_socket,rsrc_nonstatic
ati_agp                 4550  1 
soundcore               5007  1 snd
pcspkr                  1347  0 
snd_page_alloc          5841  1 snd_pcm
serio_raw               3620  0 
agpgart                23331  3 ttm,drm,ati_agp
alim1535_wdt            2494  0 
rtc_cmos                7504  0 
rtc_core               12011  1 rtc_cmos
rtc_lib                 1450  1 rtc_core
ext3                  113026  1 
jbd                    38906  1 ext3
mbcache                 4278  2 ext2,ext3
sg                     21079  0 
sr_mod                 13161  0 
cdrom                  31625  1 sr_mod
sd_mod                 24101  4 
pata_acpi               2264  0 
pata_ali                7039  3 
ata_generic             2235  0 
libata                135579  3 pata_acpi,pata_ali,ata_generic
scsi_mod               78933  4 sg,sr_mod,sd_mod,libata

Last edited by jccl1706 (2010-03-25 16:23:17)

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evr

Arch Linux f@h Team Member

Registered: 2009-01-23

Posts: 554

Re: my laptop is heating up much

are you using cpufrequtils, and if so, which governor do you have it set on?

rebugger

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From: Germany

Registered: 2007-10-28

Posts: 229

Re: my laptop is heating up much

*edit* ignore

Last edited by rebugger (2010-03-25 16:10:45)

jccl1706

Member

From: Cuba

Registered: 2010-03-11

Posts: 67

Re: my laptop is heating up much

Here I show my rc.conf modules section of

MODULES=(acpi-cpufreq cpufreq_ondemand cpufreq_powersave fuse)

DAEMONS=(syslog-ng hal cpufreq @network !netfs @crond @sshd @alsa)

#configuration for cpufreq control

# valid governors:
#  ondemand, performance, powersave,
#  conservative, userspace
governor="ondemand"

# limit frequency range (optional)
# valid suffixes: Hz, kHz (default), MHz, GHz, THz
min_freq="1.20GHz"
max_freq="1.80GHz"

apparently the governor if it works in terms of processor speed relog but as controlling the temperature?

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jccl1706

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From: Cuba

Registered: 2010-03-11

Posts: 67

Re: my laptop is heating up much

I leave here a screenshot so you can see the temperature of my laptop

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jccl1706

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From: Cuba

Registered: 2010-03-11

Posts: 67

Re: my laptop is heating up much

I think the problem is when I get to hear music MOCP com or view a movie with mplayer temp control a large volume increases

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ccc1

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Registered: 2009-04-16

Posts: 111

Re: my laptop is heating up much

maybe a hardware issue? did you install any fan control tools?
you can check your fan speed with "cat /proc/acpi/ibm/fan".

jccl1706

Member

From: Cuba

Registered: 2010-03-11

Posts: 67

Re: my laptop is heating up much

this is what has given me back the cat

┌─[archrock][~]
└─╼ cat /proc/acpi/ibm/fan 
status:        enabled
speed:        0
level:        3

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ccc1

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Registered: 2009-04-16

Posts: 111

Re: my laptop is heating up much

this is what has given me back the cat

┌─[archrock][~]
└─╼ cat /proc/acpi/ibm/fan 
status:        enabled
speed:        0
level:        3

looks like your fan is broken ...