[LAPTOPS] Post your laptop core temperatures and fan speeds

venky80 · 2011-08-16 22:00:43

It seems lot of people have heat and fan related issues with lots of laptops. I was wondering if we can make a thread where people post core temperatures and fan speeds.
I am open for ideas, maybe a script ninja can help make a reporting script. Powersaving and heat issues are the biggest annoyance in linux laptop usage, lets see if we can find a brand which outperforms others in terms of cool operation and powersaving.

tavianator · 2011-08-16 22:10:29

Reporting script:

#!/bin/sh
sensors

Being serious, though, the temperature depends a lot on your environment, dust buildup, etc. An interesting number would be idle temperature in Windows/Mac vs. Linux.

bernarcher · 2011-08-16 22:22:57

This better belongs to the laptops forum. Moved.

orlandu63 · 2011-08-16 22:48:52

The idle temperature on my 11.6" 1.6ghz ULV core solo laptop is 45C. During maximum load, temperature never goes past 60C.

ViruSzZ · 2011-08-16 23:07:58

These are the temps of my HP Pavilion G62 lappy. I'm running a terminal with 5 tabs, FF with 7 tabs, thunderbird, skype, conky, thunar and umplayer running at this moment.

┌─[ 1:04]-[root@pedro]-[/home/viruszzz/Photos/mine/screenshots/august_2011]
└─› /var/scripts/get_temps
##########################################
  ...::  Temps  for my machine   ::...
##########################################
------------------------------------------
 CPU1 TEMP:     +39.0°C 
 CPU2 TEMP:     +40.0°C 
------------------------------------------
 WDC WD3200BEKT-60V5T1: => 43°C
##########################################

shoelace · 2011-08-20 06:04:28

My Toshiba laptop has issue on fan control.
The fan always go on strike.
And The the temperature will be almost 100 °C.

Shark · 2011-08-20 06:22:06

It seems that my ASUS K50Ij doesn't support fan control so no fan numbers. When idle and when weather is not hot:

acpitz-virtual-0
Adapter: Virtual device
temp1:        +39.0°C  (crit = +111.0°C)

coretemp-isa-0000
Adapter: ISA adapter
Core 0:       +32.0°C  (high = +105.0°C, crit = +105.0°C)
Core 1:       +35.0°C  (high = +105.0°C, crit = +105.0°C)

When my comp is under heavy load temps can go up to 65°C.

shoelace · 2011-08-20 09:52:50

My Toshiba M502 maybe doesn't support it too. Here's mine:

acpitz-virtual-0
Adapter: Virtual device
temp1:        +64.0°C  (crit = +108.0°C)

coretemp-isa-0000
Adapter: ISA adapter
Core 0:       +59.0°C  (high = +90.0°C, crit = +90.0°C)
Core 1:       +60.0°C  (high = +90.0°C, crit = +90.0°C)

Shark wrote:

It seems that my ASUS K50Ij doesn't support fan control so no fan numbers. When idle and when weather is not hot:
acpitz-virtual-0
Adapter: Virtual device
temp1:        +39.0°C  (crit = +111.0°C)

coretemp-isa-0000
Adapter: ISA adapter
Core 0:       +32.0°C  (high = +105.0°C, crit = +105.0°C)
Core 1:       +35.0°C  (high = +105.0°C, crit = +105.0°C)
When my comp is under heavy load temps can go up to 65°C.

ancient_archer · 2011-08-21 12:56:05

Here is my output - Toshiba T130-10G in hot weather. It rarely goes more than 60°C. HDD temperature is usually below 40°C.

acpitz-virtual-0
Adapter: Virtual device
temp1:       +57.0°C  (crit = +104.0°C)                  

coretemp-isa-0000
Adapter: ISA adapter
Core 0:      +55.0°C  (high = +105.0°C, crit = +105.0°C)  

coretemp-isa-0001
Adapter: ISA adapter
Core 1:      +57.0°C  (high = +105.0°C, crit = +105.0°C)

venky80 · 2011-08-22 15:33:14

is sensors installed by default? How are you guys reporting temps on graphics cards etc. I have tried comparing the temperatures in win 7 ans it is definitely cooler. I can keep my laptop in my lap, with linux it gets too hot. Also I heard that manual governors to scale the cpus should not be used as it is done by the processor automatically , as mentioned here https://svn.reviewboard.kde.org/r/3206/
but clearly it is not working.
P.S could someone post what packages are needed for temperature reporting and the command? I am on a very minimal KDE install on my DELL XPS 1640 with ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3670 graphics card

Jankosevic · 2011-08-22 15:47:34

[jan@blackbox ~]$ sensors
acpitz-virtual-0
Adapter: Virtual device
temp1: +55.0°C (crit = +100.0°C)

Running on Asus UL30VT (Genuine Intel(R) 2xCPU U7300 @ 1.30GHz) with disabled NVIDIA graphics......Temperature is always between 50 and 60°C....I don't get it down even with cpufreq/laptopmode-tools

geniuz · 2011-09-01 15:13:35

I own a thinkpad X61 on which I use tpfand to control the fan. I set it up such that the CPU temperature idles around 60 C, once it goes beyond 65 C the fan kicks in to cool it below 60 C again. A nice trade-off between silence and heat imho.

examon · 2011-09-01 16:04:23

my workstation: thinkpad x201i

temperature: from ~45 to ~60
fanspeed: from ~2700 to ~4500, depends on temperature

el mariachi · 2011-09-02 15:18:22

ViruSzZ wrote:

These are the temps of my HP Pavilion G62 lappy. I'm running a terminal with 5 tabs, FF with 7 tabs, thunderbird, skype, conky, thunar and umplayer running at this moment.

┌─[ 1:04]-[root@pedro]-[/home/viruszzz/Photos/mine/screenshots/august_2011]
└─› /var/scripts/get_temps
##########################################
  ...::  Temps  for my machine   ::...
##########################################
------------------------------------------
 CPU1 TEMP:     +39.0°C 
 CPU2 TEMP:     +40.0°C 
------------------------------------------
 WDC WD3200BEKT-60V5T1: => 43°C
##########################################

How can it be so cool? My Dell E5400 is never below 45/50ºC idling! And that is with the conservative governor (that clocks it down to 800Mhz), with phc-intel undervolting, the i915 power regression tips (kernel options), PM-runtime on, all powertop options on, laptop-mode daemon on, zero dust inside... what am I missing here?
I'm going to buy some new thermal paste, because this still has the stock crap, and I believe that will make a huge difference, but what else can be done software wise?

Draucia · 2011-09-03 13:02:28

My laptop varies a lot. If I'm not doing too much, it will be around 120F (49C). When I'm doing something a bit heavy, it will go up to 180F (82C).

Toshiba L505 64bit

Last edited by Draucia (2011-09-03 13:02:41)

dobedo · 2011-09-04 19:32:58

Idle temp on my Dell XPS L501X - Quad core Intel i7 with 'ondemand' freq and laptop-mode tools

acpitz-virtual-0
Adapter: Virtual device
temp1:        +26.8°C  (crit = +100.0°C)
temp2:         +0.0°C  (crit = +100.0°C)

coretemp-isa-0000
Adapter: ISA adapter
Core 0:       +53.0°C  (high = +84.0°C, crit = +100.0°C)
Core 1:       +52.0°C  (high = +84.0°C, crit = +100.0°C)
Core 2:       +53.0°C  (high = +84.0°C, crit = +100.0°C)
Core 3:       +52.0°C  (high = +84.0°C, crit = +100.0°C)

Lothium · 2011-09-04 19:48:18

Hey dobedo!

I have the exact same laptop. How do you get the temperatures? I just get the acpitz-virtual output (useless), but not the core output. It would be nice if you could tell me

Best regards!

KlavKalashj · 2011-09-04 20:45:10

Browsing and spotifying on my Asus UL30A:

oscar@arch-laptop: [~] >>> sensors
acpitz-virtual-0
Adapter: Virtual device
temp1:        +62.0°C  (crit = +100.0°C)

coretemp-isa-0000
Adapter: ISA adapter
Core 0:       +57.0°C  (high = +105.0°C, crit = +105.0°C)
Core 1:       +61.0°C  (high = +105.0°C, crit = +105.0°C)

Cpu governor is Ondemand. Didn't think it was this hot. Oh well.

Arch Linux

#1 2011-08-16 22:00:43

[LAPTOPS] Post your laptop core temperatures and fan speeds

#2 2011-08-16 22:10:29

Re: [LAPTOPS] Post your laptop core temperatures and fan speeds

#3 2011-08-16 22:22:57

Re: [LAPTOPS] Post your laptop core temperatures and fan speeds

#4 2011-08-16 22:48:52

Re: [LAPTOPS] Post your laptop core temperatures and fan speeds

#5 2011-08-16 23:07:58

Re: [LAPTOPS] Post your laptop core temperatures and fan speeds

#6 2011-08-20 06:04:28

Re: [LAPTOPS] Post your laptop core temperatures and fan speeds

#7 2011-08-20 06:22:06

Re: [LAPTOPS] Post your laptop core temperatures and fan speeds

#8 2011-08-20 09:52:50

Re: [LAPTOPS] Post your laptop core temperatures and fan speeds

#9 2011-08-21 12:56:05

Re: [LAPTOPS] Post your laptop core temperatures and fan speeds

#10 2011-08-22 15:33:14

Re: [LAPTOPS] Post your laptop core temperatures and fan speeds

#11 2011-08-22 15:47:34

Re: [LAPTOPS] Post your laptop core temperatures and fan speeds

#12 2011-09-01 15:13:35

Re: [LAPTOPS] Post your laptop core temperatures and fan speeds

#13 2011-09-01 16:04:23

Re: [LAPTOPS] Post your laptop core temperatures and fan speeds

#14 2011-09-02 15:18:22

Re: [LAPTOPS] Post your laptop core temperatures and fan speeds

#15 2011-09-03 13:02:28

Re: [LAPTOPS] Post your laptop core temperatures and fan speeds

#16 2011-09-04 19:32:58

Re: [LAPTOPS] Post your laptop core temperatures and fan speeds

#17 2011-09-04 19:48:18

Re: [LAPTOPS] Post your laptop core temperatures and fan speeds

#18 2011-09-04 20:45:10

Re: [LAPTOPS] Post your laptop core temperatures and fan speeds

Board footer