Laptop running too hot now?? sigh

thomas234 · 20-05-2008, 06:52 PM

So you may have seen my other thread about my PC running a bit warm.

I noticed recently that my laptop has it's fans on full a lot more than it used to.. ever since I installed Linux. I downloaded lm_sensor and installed it following a guide. When I type sensors into the console now, I get this...

Code:

[thomas@localhost ~]$ sensors
k8temp-pci-00c3
Adapter: PCI adapter
Core0 Temp:
             +74°C
Core1 Temp:
             +74°C

The laptop is only running aMSN (which is hardly CPU intensive...), and has been on about 20 minutes. I have googled around for temperatures for the same processor (AMD Turion 64 MK-36, single core), and they state about 55 degrees idle and 75 under load.

Could it be Linux that it doing this? I don't have ACPI or APIC disabled anymore, they only needed to be to boot the live CD.

Thanks once again, Thomas

thomas234 · 20-05-2008, 07:15 PM

Hmm well what would you know, I solved it myself!!

I ran 'top' and got a list of processes, realised that one related to do with aMSN was using 98% CPU, so I got it's PID, typed kill <PID Number>, and voila my CPU is down to 59 degrees!

20-05-2008, 06:52 PM	#1 (permalink) Top
thomas234 Big Geek Join Date: Feb 2006 Age: 16 Male Posts: 751 Times Helpful: 33 My Mood: Bored Status: Offline My Computer	Laptop running too hot now?? sigh So you may have seen my other thread about my PC running a bit warm. I noticed recently that my laptop has it's fans on full a lot more than it used to.. ever since I installed Linux. I downloaded lm_sensor and installed it following a guide. When I type sensors into the console now, I get this... Code: [thomas@localhost ~]$ sensors k8temp-pci-00c3 Adapter: PCI adapter Core0 Temp: +74°C Core1 Temp: +74°C The laptop is only running aMSN (which is hardly CPU intensive...), and has been on about 20 minutes. I have googled around for temperatures for the same processor (AMD Turion 64 MK-36, single core), and they state about 55 degrees idle and 75 under load. Could it be Linux that it doing this? I don't have ACPI or APIC disabled anymore, they only needed to be to boot the live CD. Thanks once again, Thomas

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20-05-2008, 07:15 PM	#2 (permalink) Top
thomas234 Big Geek Join Date: Feb 2006 Age: 16 Male Posts: 751 Times Helpful: 33 My Mood: Bored Status: Offline My Computer	Hmm well what would you know, I solved it myself!! I ran 'top' and got a list of processes, realised that one related to do with aMSN was using 98% CPU, so I got it's PID, typed kill <PID Number>, and voila my CPU is down to 59 degrees!

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