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Yes, the overheats seem strange, given the 8GB RAM and 250GB ssd. It overheats (up to 50C) and freezes generally when I have several browsers opened (incl. Tor

by amts 5y ago

Yes, the overheats seem strange, given the 8GB RAM and 250GB ssd. It overheats (up to 50C) and freezes generally when I have several browsers opened (incl. Tor) with dozens of tabs, a Windows 8 VM instance running (with or without active connection from there to a remote desktop) and an Audacious player active. But the last time it overheated was when I was installing Jupiter notebook and Anaconda, separately. According to psensor Linux app I use for monitoring, the max CPU load so far was 51%, for free memory - ~4%. I was also advised to reinstall my current Ubuntu 20.04. Can it be this is due to Ubuntu issues?

raxxorrax 5y ago
50°C is not a temperature that should lock up your system, or do you mean on the outside of the casing? Otherwise that is a fairly normal operating temperature for a CPU, especially for a notebook that is even quite good. If it goes beyond 80°C it might be concerning, but I had a notebook CPU that regularly reached 95°C while still being stable. Difficult to say, but I would very much believe this to be a software issue. Your main memory is quite low but that should also not lock your system, just slow it down. I think 20.04 is the current long term support version from Ubuntu. Are you sure it completely locks up? If you hit CTRL+ALT+F1 - F4 it doesn't bring you to the system console? Otherwise a software component might be crashing. A reinstall might work, could perhaps be a driver issue that causes the freeze. Difficult to analyze.
- amts 5y ago
  50°C as shown by psensor app. <<Are you sure it completely locks up? No, if I don't wait for ~20 minutes or more for mouse/keyboard to be activated, I reboot after ~5 minutes of "frozen" state. CTRL+ALT+F1 brings to the system concole normally
  - raxxorrax 5y ago
    Then it should be a software problem since the system is not really freezing, just your window manager probably. Temperatures are good. I am no expert for the possible causes here, my uneducated guess would be a driver issue or some incompatibility with your hardware. Reinstalling is a lot of work but might help. If you don't care for LTS versions, perhaps try a newer one. But that is all based on guesses, maybe ask in a forum specifically for Ubuntu and tell them about the specific hardware you are using. Perhaps someone has similar experiences.

by amts 5y ago

raxxorrax 5y ago

50°C is not a temperature that should lock up your system, or do you mean on the outside of the casing? Otherwise that is a fairly normal operating temperature for a CPU, especially for a notebook that is even quite good. If it goes beyond 80°C it might be concerning, but I had a notebook CPU that regularly reached 95°C while still being stable. Difficult to say, but I would very much believe this to be a software issue. Your main memory is quite low but that should also not lock your system, just slow it down. I think 20.04 is the current long term support version from Ubuntu. Are you sure it completely locks up? If you hit CTRL+ALT+F1 - F4 it doesn't bring you to the system console? Otherwise a software component might be crashing. A reinstall might work, could perhaps be a driver issue that causes the freeze. Difficult to analyze.

amts 5y ago
50°C as shown by psensor app. <<Are you sure it completely locks up? No, if I don't wait for ~20 minutes or more for mouse/keyboard to be activated, I reboot after ~5 minutes of "frozen" state. CTRL+ALT+F1 brings to the system concole normally
- raxxorrax 5y ago
  Then it should be a software problem since the system is not really freezing, just your window manager probably. Temperatures are good. I am no expert for the possible causes here, my uneducated guess would be a driver issue or some incompatibility with your hardware. Reinstalling is a lot of work but might help. If you don't care for LTS versions, perhaps try a newer one. But that is all based on guesses, maybe ask in a forum specifically for Ubuntu and tell them about the specific hardware you are using. Perhaps someone has similar experiences.