Laptop CPU freezes--hdparm and harddrive temps/cycles

[Eberhard Roloff]

Larry Hartman schrieb:
>>> you can try installing ksensors, which is a GUI frontend for lm-sensors.
>>> it can provide with many info about the computer, including
>>> temperatures. fan speeds, CPU loads, memory info, swap info and many
>>> other things.
>> nifty little tool, thanx!
>>
>> Incidentally I purchased a new CR2032 clock battery and installed
>> yesterday...I do not know the mechanics of all that a new battery would
>> affect, but my whole system seems to have settled down a bit since then.
>> Coincidental?
>>
>> And...I bought an external hard drive and backed up all of my work.
>>
>> Larry
> 
> Well I got to nosing around all sorts of things......I have an average load 
> count of 12 cycles per hour on both of my harddrives (there are two in my 
> laptop).....hdparm -B is set to 254.  The laptop is 95% of the time running 
> on AC.  Seems 12 is a little high for AC?  Wondering if I am getting temp 
> problems relating to hard drive activity.
> 
> Larry
> 
Larry,

what do all the nifty dials of ksensors report in regard to load and 
cpu/hh temperatures?

Kind regards
Eberhard