On 12-12-11 05:21, g wrote: > On 12/11/2011 09:34 PM, Patrick Lists wrote: >> FWIW I have seen something similar on my workstation with up-to-date F16 >> x86_64 with GNOME3. The ATI HD57xx card heats up to more than 90C even >> when I was just typing an email in Thunderbird and nothing else loaded. > > how intensive is your display? ie, horz x vert res, refresh rate, amount Afaik it's 1920x1080 at 60Hz. > of what is visible in background and icons on desktop, task bar displayed, > etc, etc. Thunderbird is full screen and there is a smaller window on top about 1/3 the size of the screen in which I was writing an email. > if you can watch your ati's temp, drop your resolution just to see how > much temp changes. I have no idea how to change the resolution nor how to monitor the temp of the ATI videocard now that the Catalyst drivers are installed. > when is last time you cleaned fan and heat sink/s? Last week. > and, as yon found, drivers do make a difference. Yes the Catalyst drivers made things a lot better. Yet I would prefer to run the F16 radeon driver but for now that seems out of the question. Regards, Patrick -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org
