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Ask HN: Tips for overheating laptop running linux
I brought a AMD-A10-7300 CPU laptop running centos. Problem is heats up in 20 minutes. Virtually, finger are burning. Just ordered a cooling pad. Considering the fact, I'm running Linux, Is it possible to tweak some kernel module or stuffs like that to reduce the heat? any thoughts?
EDIT : I removed to Gnome-3 and installed MATE desktop.
- jmnicolas 11y agoIs it second hand ? You could open it to see if the fan is still working or if there's an accumulation of dust.
- giis 11y agoNo, this was new laptop. Just 2 months old. Note to all: thanks for the response, sorry for the delay.
- Raed667 11y agoCheck you GPU driver. On Ubuntu switching from the open-sourced to the nvidia driver fixed the heating problem.
- giis 11y agoIt uses Radeon Video driver.
- greenokapi 11y agoTry changing CPU Governors.
- daz3d 11y agogood comments by all here i agree with jmnicolas. probably an accumulation of dust in the fan and its casing. most likely cause of over heating problem or perhaps the fan is dead. cpu governors could also be an issue. so i suggest check govener first as it is easy to check then get your screwdriver out and the tweezers .
- giis 11y agoYes, will be checking cpu governor and see how it goes