F17 - problem with overheating

[Jim]

On 12/26/2012 06:11 PM, Paolo De Michele wrote:
> hi all,
>
> I've installed F17 on my laptop Sony VPCEB4C4E 32bit (KDE)
> I noticed that very hot without doing anything complex; the fan runs like
> crazy -
>
> I opened the laptop to see if there was dust on the cpu fan but it is clean
> I noticed that maybe when I watch a video, I look at the mail (thunderbird,
> kmail) or do a bit of multitasking then the fan runs a lot (the cpu never
> reaches 100%)
>
> what can be the problem?
> thanks in advance
> cheers
Do you have the laptop setting on flat surface so air can get into 
bottom of laptop.
I have seen people have their laptop setting on their bed and it could 
not get any air to the bottom.