[ubuntu-za] Laptop Overheating - HP Envy M6

[Bruce Pieterse]

On 17/01/2014 14:46, Frans de waal wrote:
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> On Jan 17, 2014 12:42 PM, "Percy Langa" <percylanga at gmail.com 
> <mailto:percylanga at gmail.com>> wrote:
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> > On 2014/01/17 12:25 PM, Frans de waal wrote:
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> >> [snip] drill some holes(with great care) in the casing to help cool 
> it /snip]
> >
> > Kiff mod, however a bad idea.
> I know...you need to be just shy od crazy...or is that desperate to 
> actualy do it... I have done similar to an laptop of mine...very 
> stressfull only to be done if all else fails and after it got struck 
> by lightning. :p
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> >
> > Cheers!
> > Percy
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Hi,

I also had this problem with the HP G7 Pavilion 1100ei and in the end I 
bought myself a laptop with an Nvidia Graphics Card. A few days ago, I 
stumbled upon this:

"The open source AMD Radeon driver got dynamic power management support 
with Linux Kernel 3.11. With this, the GPU and memory clocks adjust 
dynamically based on load, useful for saving power.
This feature is not enabled by default, at least in Ubuntu 13.10 (it 
will probably be enabled by default in Ubuntu 14.04) so here's how to 
enable it."[1]

One user went on to say "/the laptop is very cool and quiet. Finally!/"

Best of luck!

[1] 
http://www.webupd8.org/2014/01/how-to-enable-amd-radeon-dynamic-power.html

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All the best,

Bruce

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