Quote Originally Posted by jpds View Post
The following commands fixed this issue for me on a Toshiba Satellite U500:

Code:
$ sudo -i
# echo 0 > /proc/acpi/thermal_zone/TM0/cooling_mode
This command sets the cooling mode of the device onto active cooling.

Code:
# echo 0 > /proc/acpi/fan/FAN0/state
Adding these echo statements before the exit 0 in /etc/rc.local made the change permanent.

I have added this to https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/572528
The first 2 commends resulted in this : -bash: /proc/acpi/thermal_zone/TM0/cooling_mode: No such file or directory

It dint work for me n my U500 is still OVERHEATING