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    Exclamation Laptop overheating until crash on Ubuntu 13.04

    I installed Ubuntu 13.04 on my Vaio-Laptop a few weeks ago, and recently the overheating has become more and more of a problem. After half an hour it crosses 80°C, and a few minutes later the Laptop crashes and needs to cooldown before it can start again. While it is on the fan is running constantly.
    I haven't found a solution by myself, so i'd appreciate your help

    PC Model: Vaio VPCEB3E1E/WI
    Graphics card:
    ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5470
    Mobility Radeon HD 5000 Series
    CPU: Intel® Pentium(R) CPU P6100 @ 2.00GHz × 2
    Dual Core
    64-bit
    RAM: 4GB; 8GB maximum
    Chipset:
    Mobile Intel HM55 Express
    As far as I can tell it isn't an APU. Hybrid, not so sure.
    Here are some more specs, should you want them
    Last edited by Solum; June 20th, 2013 at 12:44 AM. Reason: Forgot to list my System specs

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    Re: Laptop overheating until crash on Ubuntu 13.04

    Hello!

    Can you give us a little bit of information about your hardware, particularly the CPU and graphics?
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    Re: Laptop overheating until crash on Ubuntu 13.04

    Ah, yes. Sorry, I forgot that ^^
    As far as I know there are some problems with the Mobility Radeon card drivers which cause the system to increase the temperature by 25°, but I don't really know how to fix that :/
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    Re: Laptop overheating until crash on Ubuntu 13.04

    That is common.

    Again, though, we need some detailed information about your hardware.

    What series of ATi GPU? Is this an APU? Is this an Intel/ATi hybrid graphics arrangement?

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    Re: Laptop overheating until crash on Ubuntu 13.04

    I added a link to the Laptop's webpage. You should be able to find everything there

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    Re: Laptop overheating until crash on Ubuntu 13.04

    OK

    Have you installed the proprietary fglrx driver?
    Last edited by QIII; June 20th, 2013 at 01:30 AM.
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    Re: Laptop overheating until crash on Ubuntu 13.04

    Yes, but apparently it doesn't support my hardware.

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    Re: Laptop overheating until crash on Ubuntu 13.04

    That GPU should be supported, although sometimes the M GPUs are actually just overclocked versions of earlier chips. You might find that in ATi's odd naming scheme, a 5470M is really an HD 4000 unit that is overclocked.

    If you have the driver installed, could you please post the results of

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    Re: Laptop overheating until crash on Ubuntu 13.04

    The 5470 is not a rebadge and should be supported by fglrx/Catalyst:
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compari...HD_5xxx_Series

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    Re: Laptop overheating until crash on Ubuntu 13.04

    Some of the M GPUs in the HD 5000 series are (some of them up through 5300), but in this case the chip is a Cedar so it is a real live HD 5000.
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