Fedora causes laptop to overheat

[-andria-]

I have the same problem. with my Vaio SA25.

$ sensors
acpitz-virtual-0
Adapter: Virtual device
temp1:        +74.0°C  (crit = +97.0°C)

coretemp-isa-0000
Adapter: ISA adapter
Physical id 0:  +74.0°C  (high = +86.0°C, crit = +100.0°C)
Core 0:         +72.0°C  (high = +86.0°C, crit = +100.0°C)
Core 1:         +68.0°C  (high = +86.0°C, crit = +100.0°C)

radeon-pci-0100
Adapter: PCI adapter
temp1:       -128.0°C

while it is basically not in very busy state
$ top

top - 11:50:40 up  1:33,  2 users,  load average: 0.04, 0.31, 0.27
Tasks: 180 total,   2 running, 177 sleeping,   0 stopped,   1 zombie
Cpu(s):  0.9%us,  0.4%sy,  0.0%ni, 97.9%id,  0.7%wa,  0.1%hi,  0.1%si,
 0.0%st
Mem:   6102680k total,  2505660k used,  3597020k free,   408332k buffers
Swap: 12287996k total,        0k used, 12287996k free,  1389544k cached

my resolution is 1600x900, and currently I am only open chrome, evince,
nautilus, and gedit.

any suggestion will be appreciated.

regards,
-andria

On Tue, Dec 13, 2011 at 10:41 PM, Christopher Svanefalk <
christopher.svanefalk at gmail.com> wrote:

> UPDATE:
>
> I changed my web browser away from Epiphany, and this had a radical impact
> - system runs much cooler.
>
> Also, try hdparm -B 1 /dev/sd* (or be specific which discs you want to
> power down).
>
> Using powertop could also help.
>
> On Mon, Dec 12, 2011 at 6:10 PM, g <geleem at bellsouth.net> wrote:
>
>> On 12/12/2011 01:59 PM, Patrick Lists wrote:
>> > On 12-12-11 06:18, g wrote:
>> >> if you had done such while still using the radeon driver, it would have
>> >> been interesting to know before and after. plus, knowing temp between
>> >> recent and last time of cleaning could give you an idea of how often
>> you
>> >> need to do such.
>> >
>> > Did that. No change between before and after. The temperature still was
>> > high. Admittedly the fans etc were quite clean.
>> -=-
>>
>> ok.
>>
>>
>> >> as above, if catalyst drivers do not let you monitor, how do you know
>> >> it is better? :-)
>> >
>> > No more lockups and the fans hardly run. With radeon I had lockups and
>> > the fans would run fast.
>> -=-
>>
>> ok. all interesting information.
>>
>> i am considering getting a laptop for my next system and such problems
>> are among my concern.
>>
>> i have not decided which make/model, but any and all potential problems
>> i can solve or find solutions for now will help to enjoy life more. ;)
>>
>>
>> thank you.
>>
>> --
>>
>> peace out.
>>
>> tc.hago,
>>
>> g
>> .
>>
>> *please reply "plain text" only. "html text" are deleted*
>>
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>> **
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>> **
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