<div>nothing like hands-on testing is there :)</div> <div> </div> <div>I would agree that I would trust to the BIOS rather than anything else - it may be that in windows the cpu is being throttled correctly, whereas under Ubuntu it's ignoring the BIOS settings and running at full-tilt all the time, which is going to make a significant difference in temps, particularly as when not under load in windoze my cpu speed throttles back to around 50%. I'm pretty sure there's a cpu-scaling widget you can stick on your deskbar that will show whether it's lowering the speed or not... <br><br> </div> <div><span class="gmail_quote">On 05/09/07, <b class="gmail_sendername">Matthew Larsen</b> <<a href="mailto:mat.larsen@gmail.com">mat.larsen@gmail.com</a>> wrote:</span> <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="PADDING-LEFT: 1ex; MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; BORDER-LEFT: #ccc 1px solid">> Quick test - if you can touch the heatsink and leave your finger on<br>> there for more than 5 seconds when the BIOS is saying 60degC then the <br>> BIOS is incorrect.<br><br>lol<br><br>--<br>Matthew G Larsen<br>  > <a href="mailto:mat.larsen@gmail.com">mat.larsen@gmail.com</a><br>  > <a href="mailto:matthew.larsen@logicacmg.com">matthew.larsen@logicacmg.com </a><br><br>--<br><a href="mailto:ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com">ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com</a><br><a href="https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk">https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk</a><br><a href="https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/"> https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/</a><br></blockquote></div><br><br clear="all"><br>-- <br>'In letters of gold, on a snow-white kite, I will write "I Love You!" <br>And send it soaring high above you, for all to read!' <br><br>RIP Billy M 1957-1997