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Thinkpad T60 overheats on LinuxMint 11 LXDE?
Thinkpad T60 overheats on LinuxMint 11 LXDE?
Hi All,
Most of the time it runs fine, but I can consistently get my T60 (2ghz T2500, Intel 3945ABG wireless NIC, Ati X1400 graphics) to crash due to heat. If I multi-task and download a file in the background and then run a Java program, it will eventually overheat and crash (kernel panic?) in about 15-20 minutes.
The area where the Intel wireless card is beneath the armrest gets very hot and CPU area gets very hot. If I do the exact same tasks in WindowsXP, it gets warm but will chug along no problem.
Is there a kernel update or downgrade I can do or a new driver update I can install to fix this in LinuxMint? Is this common in other Linuxes as well?
Thanks,
Thomas
Most of the time it runs fine, but I can consistently get my T60 (2ghz T2500, Intel 3945ABG wireless NIC, Ati X1400 graphics) to crash due to heat. If I multi-task and download a file in the background and then run a Java program, it will eventually overheat and crash (kernel panic?) in about 15-20 minutes.
The area where the Intel wireless card is beneath the armrest gets very hot and CPU area gets very hot. If I do the exact same tasks in WindowsXP, it gets warm but will chug along no problem.
Is there a kernel update or downgrade I can do or a new driver update I can install to fix this in LinuxMint? Is this common in other Linuxes as well?
Thanks,
Thomas
Re: Thinkpad T60 overheats on LinuxMint 11 LXDE?
I have no experience with the T60/ATI x1400, but I run or have run Ubuntu 10.10, 11.04 and 11.10 on T61, R60e and X60 and never experienced problems like you describe.
I installed the mint 11 LXDE on a R31 a few weeks ago and had no such problems with the install. I removed it because I (unlike everybody else it seems) like the original ubuntu/lubuntu/xubuntu distros a lot better than mint.
You should be able to install tpfanco from here: http://code.google.com/p/tpfanco/
and be able to control you fan/find your own settings.
If I remember right you should also have a program called "Systemmonitor" in the mint distro, open it and find out what process it is that taxes your cpu.
Elchund
I installed the mint 11 LXDE on a R31 a few weeks ago and had no such problems with the install. I removed it because I (unlike everybody else it seems) like the original ubuntu/lubuntu/xubuntu distros a lot better than mint.
You should be able to install tpfanco from here: http://code.google.com/p/tpfanco/
and be able to control you fan/find your own settings.
If I remember right you should also have a program called "Systemmonitor" in the mint distro, open it and find out what process it is that taxes your cpu.
Elchund
T40, T43, R60e, T61, W500, X60
Re: Thinkpad T60 overheats on LinuxMint 11 LXDE?
Looks like there is a power management bug in this kernel version. I updated the kernel according to these instructions and now the T60 runs significantly cooler.
http://forums.linuxmint.com/viewtopic.php?f=42&t=40185
http://forums.linuxmint.com/viewtopic.php?f=42&t=40185
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Re: Thinkpad T60 overheats on LinuxMint 11 LXDE?
Which kernel version were you using, and which did you upgrade to?Thomcat wrote:Looks like there is a power management bug in this kernel version. I updated the kernel according to these instructions and now the T60 runs significantly cooler.
http://forums.linuxmint.com/viewtopic.php?f=42&t=40185
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past:
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Helix i7
Carbon X1 i5 UHD
W520 4x-i7
Sony Vaio P799 (8" LED 1600x768)
"Think" Ultrabook i7
LegoThinkpad 11"
in storage:
X131e AMD
X60/X60s, X61/X61s/X61T, T61, T420, X30
past:
X20-X24, 390X
Re: Thinkpad T60 overheats on LinuxMint 11 LXDE?
Sorry for the delay in response. Please AlbertP's response in this thread:
http://forums.linuxmint.com/viewtopic.php?f=175&t=93237
http://forums.linuxmint.com/viewtopic.php?f=175&t=93237
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Re: Thinkpad T60 overheats on LinuxMint 11 LXDE?
BTW, I saw that Linux Mint 12 LXDE came out.
X62 & X62s & X62T SXGA+ i7 5600u 8-16GB
Helix i7
Carbon X1 i5 UHD
W520 4x-i7
Sony Vaio P799 (8" LED 1600x768)
"Think" Ultrabook i7
LegoThinkpad 11"
in storage:
X131e AMD
X60/X60s, X61/X61s/X61T, T61, T420, X30
past:
X20-X24, 390X
Helix i7
Carbon X1 i5 UHD
W520 4x-i7
Sony Vaio P799 (8" LED 1600x768)
"Think" Ultrabook i7
LegoThinkpad 11"
in storage:
X131e AMD
X60/X60s, X61/X61s/X61T, T61, T420, X30
past:
X20-X24, 390X
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