Re: [Lubuntu-desktop] Unresolved overheat issue blocks development

2011-12-21 Thread amjjawad HOOHAA
Hello PCMan, We had two HP Laptops at home, both are Pavilion DV6 (Windows 7) and DV5 (Ubuntu 10.04). The overheating problem was there for both except DV6 was working while DV5 was shutting down even though we are using two cooling fans. I called HP and we managed to fix the problem on DV6 with

Re: [Lubuntu-desktop] Unresolved overheat issue blocks development

2011-12-21 Thread PCMan
So, does anyone know any distro without this issue? I'm not able to do development under Ubuntu as the laptop shutdown unexpectedly while I'm coding. So sad. :-( On Wed, Dec 21, 2011 at 4:49 PM, Andrew Woodhead andrew.woodhead...@gmail.com wrote: On 21 December 2011 08:47, Andrew Woodhead

Re: [Lubuntu-desktop] Unresolved overheat issue blocks development

2011-12-21 Thread Yorvyk
On Wed, 21 Dec 2011 12:27:21 +0400 amjjawad HOOHAA amjja...@gmail.com wrote: I called HP and we managed to fix the problem on DV6 with a BIOS Update. As for DV5 one, they couldn't help because it has Linux (Ubuntu 10.04) and I have no clue how to update the BIOS while on Linux. Depending

Re: [Lubuntu-desktop] Unresolved overheat issue blocks development

2011-12-21 Thread Phill Whiteside
Already mentioned, but the cooling mats for laptops are very inexpensive. My laptop was struggling during our unusually hot summer and the usb powered mat solved the problem. Regards, Phill. On Wed, Dec 21, 2011 at 12:11 PM, Yorvyk yorvik.ubu...@googlemail.comwrote: On Wed, 21 Dec 2011

Re: [Lubuntu-desktop] Unresolved overheat issue blocks development

2011-12-20 Thread Jonathan Marsden
On 12/20/2011 08:58 PM, PCMan wrote: I have a long-standing unresolved issue on my Thinkpad R60 laptop. My Lubuntu gets overheat and performs shutdown automatically frequently. ... There is some fairly detailed info on Thinkpad fan control under Linux at