2013temp
June 25th, 2013, 03:15 AM
Good day good people!
My Windows Vista laptop seems to have a nasty BIOS-infection that makes it overheat even on live-cds.
The BIOS-updater requires Windows, and from within Vista, the new BIOS-file seems to miss overwriting and fixing crucial parts of the old.
A possible rescue scenario would be to install Linux and always run a CPU frequency scaling tool. This is currently working via my lightweight live-cd. It overruns the corrupt settings and lets me use the laptop fine.
But without manual activation of the CPU-tool, the laptop easily overheats when put under stress.
The big question is:
Will a Xubuntu install session likely be low-spec enough for the laptop to live through the installation?
Minor side question:
And am I right thinking that a disrupted install procedure would screw the laptop up completely?
Thanks for your time. This post is not perfect. I'm under some stress. I wish you the best. :-)
My Windows Vista laptop seems to have a nasty BIOS-infection that makes it overheat even on live-cds.
The BIOS-updater requires Windows, and from within Vista, the new BIOS-file seems to miss overwriting and fixing crucial parts of the old.
A possible rescue scenario would be to install Linux and always run a CPU frequency scaling tool. This is currently working via my lightweight live-cd. It overruns the corrupt settings and lets me use the laptop fine.
But without manual activation of the CPU-tool, the laptop easily overheats when put under stress.
The big question is:
Will a Xubuntu install session likely be low-spec enough for the laptop to live through the installation?
Minor side question:
And am I right thinking that a disrupted install procedure would screw the laptop up completely?
Thanks for your time. This post is not perfect. I'm under some stress. I wish you the best. :-)