$ sensors
acpitz-virtual-0
Adapter: Virtual device
temp1: +74.0°C (crit = +97.0°C)
coretemp-isa-0000
Adapter: ISA adapter
Physical id 0: +74.0°C (high = +86.0°C, crit = +100.0°C)
Core 0: +72.0°C (high = +86.0°C, crit = +100.0°C)
Core 1: +68.0°C (high = +86.0°C, crit = +100.0°C)
radeon-pci-0100
Adapter: PCI adapter
temp1: -128.0°C
while it is basically not in very busy state
$ top
top - 11:50:40 up 1:33, 2 users, load average: 0.04, 0.31, 0.27
Tasks: 180 total, 2 running, 177 sleeping, 0 stopped, 1 zombie
Cpu(s): 0.9%us, 0.4%sy, 0.0%ni, 97.9%id, 0.7%wa, 0.1%hi, 0.1%si, 0.0%st
Mem: 6102680k total, 2505660k used, 3597020k free, 408332k buffers
Swap: 12287996k total, 0k used, 12287996k free, 1389544k cached
my resolution is 1600x900, and currently I am only open chrome, evince, nautilus, and gedit.
any suggestion will be appreciated.
regards,
-andria
On Tue, Dec 13, 2011 at 10:41 PM, Christopher Svanefalk <christopher.svanefalk@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
UPDATE:
I changed my web browser away from Epiphany, and this had a radical impact - system runs much cooler.
Also, try hdparm -B 1 /dev/sd* (or be specific which discs you want to power down).
Using powertop could also help.
On Mon, Dec 12, 2011 at 6:10 PM, g <geleem@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:On 12/12/2011 01:59 PM, Patrick Lists wrote:-=-
> On 12-12-11 06:18, g wrote:
>> if you had done such while still using the radeon driver, it would have
>> been interesting to know before and after. plus, knowing temp between
>> recent and last time of cleaning could give you an idea of how often you
>> need to do such.
>
> Did that. No change between before and after. The temperature still was
> high. Admittedly the fans etc were quite clean.
ok.
-=-
>> as above, if catalyst drivers do not let you monitor, how do you know
>> it is better? :-)
>
> No more lockups and the fans hardly run. With radeon I had lockups and
> the fans would run fast.
ok. all interesting information.
i am considering getting a laptop for my next system and such problems
are among my concern.
i have not decided which make/model, but any and all potential problems
i can solve or find solutions for now will help to enjoy life more. ;)
thank you.
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