Overheating Laptop

[Michael Sotnikov]

SYNass IT Ubuntu / Linux:

> You are correct with pointing problems to ACPI but 
> your pointing to "bad" BIOS may not be coorect !? ;-)

during boot kernel and its subsystems make some assumptions about your 
system, according information returned by bios program. Check this 
article: http://gentoo-wiki.com/HOWTO_Fix_Common_ACPI_Problems if you 
want to know how it could happen that in winxp everything works fine, 
but do not with linux.

> ACPI:
> Well, I had a "sensor setting error" while booting and removed all ACPI
> stuff !
> Since then the error message is gone but not the heating problem !!

I'm not sure that I understand you correctly. What kind of errors did 
you have and how had you fix them?


> Very soon I have to do a complete new installation from scratch with
> 8.04 
> and will see later again with this new setup if the problem persist !?
> 

This is not "linux-way" to reinstall system all time when something goes 
wrong. It's better to discover the source of problem and fix it, if 
possible. =)

> BIOS:
> The notebook is maintained very well with IBM / Lenovo's Update
> Service/s !!

Compare your firmare version with latest on your manufacture's update 
site by hands. Usually, automatic update services do not check for it, 
they check only software stuff. (for example, mine hp update services 
didn't)

> BIOS is most accurate I had no heat problems before i installed
> Ubuntu !!!
> So, this shouldn't be the case !?

Read article I mention before.