Comments on: Laptop overheating solved http://hircus.wordpress.com/2007/02/27/laptop-overheating-solved/ Michel explores computing and assorted gadgetries Mon, 07 Dec 2009 23:12:37 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: gruppler http://hircus.wordpress.com/2007/02/27/laptop-overheating-solved/#comment-4718 gruppler Sun, 21 Sep 2008 01:48:22 +0000 http://hircus.wordpress.com/2007/02/27/laptop-overheating-solved/#comment-4718 Interesting...I've been having a similar problem with my Dell Inspiron 6400 on Fedora Core 9. FC8 was fine, and Windows XP is fine...I never experienced the issue until I upgraded to FC9. My friend said he had the same issue when he upgraded to FC9, but I don't think his was a laptop... The problem begins after I've been using the CPU and/or GPU somewhat extensively (but nothing too hardcore). It seems like something's overheating, but it's not the CPU. Everyhing slowly comes to a slow crawl and CPU usage jumps to solid 100% for a good 5-10 minutes, but nothing in the task list is ever using more than 30%, often less. I just put a GPU temp monitor up, so next time it happens I'll see how that is. Does that sound like the problem you were having? If so, I'll try removing a RAM chip, but I only have 1g so I'd like to avoid halving my memory if possible. Interesting…I’ve been having a similar problem with my Dell Inspiron 6400 on Fedora Core 9. FC8 was fine, and Windows XP is fine…I never experienced the issue until I upgraded to FC9. My friend said he had the same issue when he upgraded to FC9, but I don’t think his was a laptop…

The problem begins after I’ve been using the CPU and/or GPU somewhat extensively (but nothing too hardcore). It seems like something’s overheating, but it’s not the CPU. Everyhing slowly comes to a slow crawl and CPU usage jumps to solid 100% for a good 5-10 minutes, but nothing in the task list is ever using more than 30%, often less. I just put a GPU temp monitor up, so next time it happens I’ll see how that is.

Does that sound like the problem you were having? If so, I’ll try removing a RAM chip, but I only have 1g so I’d like to avoid halving my memory if possible.

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