Overheating Laptop

[SYNass IT Ubuntu / Linux]

Hi Michael
Thanks for your efforts to assist me ! ;-)
I reply and add-on in your text below:


On Mon, 2008-06-16 at 11:58 +0900, Michael Sotnikov wrote:
> 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.

I am not a system crack nor freak nor techie and 
as a Linux greenhorn / newbie unable to get to deep into some
things !! ;-)

 
> > 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?

My notebook ran very hot and sometimes shutting down due heat !
So I called IBM / Lenovo SE to check my unit and got the fan and its
exhaaust system replaced !!
After that I did some try with ACPI to get the system's temp displayed
better !!!
Unfortunately there was only one error message displayed at system boot:

"system sensor settings / failure"

I un-installed everything to do with ACPI.
No retries just now !


> > 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. =)

Hehe, this RE-installation has absolutely NOTHING to do with these
problems !!! ;-D
I am running on my very first Linux / Ubuntu 7.10 setup since October
2007 and 
have learnt a lot in the meantime:

So with 8.04 LTS I am going to INSTALL ... not RE-install it how I want
it with my 
better experience now !! ;-)

Discover and palying around with a PROD system too isn't my way !


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

Of course I can read the article mentioned before ...
... much more priority is given to backing up my personal data before 
installing 8.04 LTS soon !

If 8.04 LTS works as wanted / wished I am going to migrate my stuff from
past with OS/2 !!

The faster the migration, the better !!! ;-D

Once more: Thanks and cheers, svobi