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I had dual booted Ubuntu 12.10 with Windows 7 on my Laptop. After installing I observed that the fan was on all the time, resulting in huge electricity usage. There was an alert that I had ~200 updates. So I installed them. When I restarted my Laptop, there ws GRUB. But when booted Ubuntu, it stayed blank & could not load Ubuntu. So I again restarted my Laptop & booted something like "Ubuntu safe mode" which was showed on GRUB. So it started showing all the drivers that were loading. And suddenly it hanged at a spot. It didnt show any error or such thing. But I think the drivers got corrupted.

  1. Why was the fan always the first time, even though I had not installed any updates or anything?
  2. So, why might have this (drivers getting corrupted after update) happened?
  3. Is there a way to repair Ubuntu or do I have to re-install it?
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  1. Fan always on

    • Could be several reasons. Most probable you have a dual graphics card Like nvdia optimus or ATI hybrid switchable graphics card. Without installing correct graphics card driver, both GPU always turned on and heat up very quickly. So the fans always run to keep them cool.

  2. The second one because of same issue. The graphics card.

  3. Yes, hopefully you can.

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