I recently installed ubuntu 19.04 on my laptop (Dell G7 7590). I have faced severe overheating issues. My laptop hits around 71 degrees centigrade even on idle. I've tried installing TLP, powertop, laptop-mode, slimbook and nothing seems to have helped so far. I believe the problem is in the CPU running at max freq at all times, but I don't know how to resolve this.
I tried:
echo '1' > /sys/devices/system/cpu/intel_pstate/no_turbo
and there has been no change.
I am fairly new to both Linux and the forum so any help will be much appreciated.
UPDATE
When I try to detect the sensors by running:
sudo sensors-detect
It gets stuck at:
Probing for `National Semiconductor LM80'...
Also:
sensors| grep fan
Gives no output
How do I resolve this?
UPDATE
It appears that my CPU has minimal usage and the laptop still heats up
It clocks at 1.8 to 2.2 GHz, with max freq at 4.1 GHZ, yet I cant seem to find the source for it heating up.
UPDATE
I reinstalled Ubuntu 19.04 and the nvidia drivers, TLP, CPUfreq, which seems to have resolved the problem. Thanks @WinEunuuchs2Unix and @Doug Smythies for your help.
