Overheating is when something gets so hot it is to the point of being dangerous. An old fan that does not cool the processor fast enough might cause the processor to overheat, ruining the circuitry inside and rendering the processor useless.
Questions tagged [overheating]
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How do I get fan control working?
I know there something called fancontrol, that enables you to control the speed of your system's ventilation. I'd like to let my fans spin a bit faster as my laptop is heating up very easilly. All tutorials and stuff I've found are for old versions…
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Why is my laptop running so hot with Ubuntu?
I have pretty decent laptop and should be more than enough for running Ubuntu for browsing and watching movies, but Ubuntu seems to be getting much hotter than it should, compared to Win 7. I'm on Ubuntu 12.10.
I have Asus N53SV.
CPU: Intel® Core…
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Set CPU temperature throttle threshold on Ubuntu/Thinkpad
I receive following error messages a couple of times per hour:
08.03.18 21:27 kernel CPU0: Core temperature above threshold, cpu clock throttled (total events = 2234)
08.03.18 21:27 kernel CPU2: Core temperature above threshold, cpu clock…
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kidle_inject uses cpu power without apparent reason
I am using ubuntu 14.04 LTS on an i5-3250M, 6GB RAM Dell Inspiron laptop. I have been noticing all this time from my cpu usage monitor that there is high usage of my CPU (without using something really intensive) and it leads to overheating.
I…
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Proprietary NVidia drivers with EFI on Mac, to prevent overheating
I have a dual-boot Mac OS X 10.8 and Kubuntu 12.10 64x on my white MacBook from mid-2010 installed. (Model identifier: MacBook7,1 . I have upgraded my RAM from 2GB to 8GB, if that matters.) I have the proprietary NVIDIA drivers installed on my…
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How do I know my fan is working in Ubuntu
I just bought a brand new netbook and am worried the fan isn't working properly.
lm-sensors does not detect a fan, I can't hear a fan, and can't feel air blowing out of the fan area.
The netbook is a brand new Toshiba Satellite NB10-A. I'm worried…
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High CPU usage, even without a real reason
it's days that the fan and especially the processor of my computer are perennially 100% even if there is no real reason.
This is the situation
Can someone help me?
This is htop with Chrome close
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CPU hardware errors in Ubuntu 17.04
Can anyone explain to me what these error messages I got when I looked in dmesg? I am new to Ubuntu and to the Linux World.
[ 7.802351] CPU4: Core temperature above threshold, cpu clock throttled (total events = 1)
[ 7.802352] CPU0: Core temperature…
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Why does my laptop with AMD Radeon HD 76xx graphics get overheated when using Ubuntu?
I bought a new laptop which came pre-installed with Windows 7. I love working on Ubuntu and hence installed 12.04 on my laptop. I can work on Windows for 6 hours at a stretch and feel the laptop being only slightly warm, but 15 minutes into running…
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How do I debug an overheating problem on a Dell Inspiron 1564?
I have a problem with my Laptop (Dell Inspiron 1564 Core i5 4GB Ram VGA ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4300 running Ubuntu 10.10 32bit). It shuts down abruptly without even a lag in the application I am working with before shutdown. I think it's overheating…
Tab
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Ubuntu 20.04 - Shutdown after Overheating
I use a Thinkpad L13. Now, I have thermal issues especially under full load. When I run my Python program which utilizes all cores, my laptop shuts down soon.
What have I tried so far? I installed TLP and thermald on my machine. Furthermore, I…
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CPU fan runs continuously
I have a Lenevo Ideapad 720S-13IKB (Type 81BV) with Ubuntu 20.04 in it. Note: Support page.
Even when my computer is at idle and using less than 5% of processing power and less than 1GB ram my computers fan makes loud noise and it runs every time…
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KswapD0 use 100% CPU
After upgrde from 15.10 to 16.04, I noticed my netbook fan was constantly turning at full throtle.
I checked the process mnitoor and noticed KswapD0 used 100% of one core.
What is the problem ?
Because of this, my netbook is slow and i'm afraid of…
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What can I do to prevent Ubuntu from overheating my Notebook?
I have an easynote tj65 (2.1 ghz dual core with Geforce GT240M) running Ubuntu 11.10 and Windows 7 in dual-boot-mode.
While Windows 7 doesn't have any comparable issues, Ubuntu is making my notebook warmer and warmer once the CPU-usage of all…
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How can I easily control CPU speed on Ubuntu?
I would like to know how to change (lower, in my case) CPU speed easily to adjust my needs. I have done research on the internet and it appears the same answers come back... "there is no need to lower your CPU speed". Well, great for the majority,…
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