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rizzim3:
Hi All,

Just looking for some feedback/solution to my laptop running hot and whether or not I should be concerned.

When using TCL the computer base is considerably hot to the touch, to the point I think the laptop will shut down from overheating. It's hot even on the top where one would rest their palms. When I run the laptop using Windows Vista Business the computer is much cooler and I have no concerns.

Why such a dramatic difference in heat generation? Does TCL not turn on the fans as frequently? Does TCL even manage that or is this the responsibility of the BIOS? If not the BIOS, is there a setting I must turn on in TCL to ensure the fans are running optimally? Unfortunately the fan is rather silent and it's hard to hear if they're on under TCL or Windows.

Thanks!

Details
OS: CorePlus 6.3 (32Bit) on a 4Gb USB drive

Computer
Model: Lenovo ThinkPad T500
CPU: Intel Core 2 Duo P8400 @2.26Ghz
RAM: 2Gb
Video: ATI Radeon HD3650

gordon64:
rizzim3

I have a 64 bit tower but if you search in Apps for laptop you will get one result
laptop-mode-tools.tcz

read the info and install any additional optional dependencies as per

--- Quote ---requires the acpid extension and optionally the cpufreqd and cpufrequtils extension
--- End quote ---

then setup as per info file

good luck

curaga:
The BIOS is responsible for cooling. On some machines you can control the fans with lm-sensors tools.

That GPU can get somewhat hot, you need to have the radeon kernel driver (graphics- extension) loaded for it to be able to go to a low-power mode. That then means either Xorg or Xfbdev, Xvesa won't work with it.

rizzim3:
curaga:
Apologies in advance for the newbie questions...
- How do I determine what X I'm running? Is there a command I can use from the terminal to find out?
- If I understand correctly, the graphics-3.16.6-tinycore.tcz extension will have the required ati radeon driver. Is there anything further I need to do besides loading this extension? Everything will be handled by this extension once it's been installed OnBoot?

gordon64:
I will review the extensions you recommended.

Thanks all!

Juanito:

--- Quote from: rizzim3 on August 09, 2015, 10:56:15 AM ---- How do I determine what X I'm running?

--- End quote ---


--- Code: ---$ cat /etc/sysconfig/xserver
[or]
$ ps aux | grep X
--- End code ---


--- Quote ---If I understand correctly, the graphics-3.16.6-tinycore.tcz extension will have the required ati radeon driver.

--- End quote ---

As per graphics-3.16.6-tinycore.tcz.list:
--- Code: ---/usr/local/lib/modules/3.16.6-tinycore/kernel/drivers/gpu/drm/radeon/radeon.ko.gz
--- End code ---

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