I have a serius problem about my GPU in my laptop. Whenever, I use my laptop to do something about graphics, the heat keep raising until hit 100 C and keep raising until my laptop suddenly turned off. This is happens even if I just watching video, both offline or online. Then, i check in … Read more
As a newbie to Ubuntu 15.10 and Linux, does it make sense for me to use the following apps, to reduce overheating and/or to monitor more closely my system temperature? TLP CPUFREQ Answer You can make use of xsensors which is available via Ubuntu software center. I also have Ubuntu Desktop 14.04 LTS installed on … Read more
The system hasn’t shut down automatically due to overheating yet, but the HDD will reach temperatures of 102 degrees Fahrenheit as far as I know. So, how do I make the fans turn on, or is the HDD supposed to get that hot? Also I think the fans did turn on when I was running … Read more
My PC is showing a strange issue. When I start the PC, the power lights glows on, all the fans run. But no Hard disk Activity. And nothing happens. No display, no lights on mouse or keyboard. This happens sometimes and some other times, It boots into motherboard logo and stays there. Sometimes it says … Read more
I decided to upgrade my PC as it was fairly noisy, this was due to the stock CPU heatsink fan and the case fans. So I bought myself a new case and a Pure Rock Be Quiet heatsink. Transferred my components across to my new case powered the PC up and it ran fine as … Read more
I have a MacBookPro 17′ circa 2011. I have Windows 8.1 installed on it. Over the last year the laptop has started become super hot the moment it does anything slightly intensive. I understand that the laptop is old but are there any tips I could try? Answer AttributionSource : Link , Question Author : … Read more
I’ve tried downloading Speedfan to up the fan speed, however in it I cannot change the speed of anything, and the CPU fan speed displays gibberish numbers. Any help would gladly be appreciated! Answer AttributionSource : Link , Question Author : WeeveF , Answer Author : Community
This process seems to call itself and drains my CPU, causing laptop overheating. $ ps -eo pid,ppid,cmd,%mem,%cpu –sort=-%mem | grep “/snap/code/52/usr/share/cod” 12843 3656 /snap/code/52/usr/share/cod 4.1 136 3598 3534 /snap/code/52/usr/share/cod 2.3 6.8 3656 3598 /snap/code/52/usr/share/cod 1.2 0.6 3534 2182 /snap/code/52/usr/share/cod 1.0 0.5 12842 3656 /snap/code/52/usr/share/cod 0.9 26.7 3729 3656 /snap/code/52/usr/share/cod 0.8 0.7 3692 3534 /snap/code/52/usr/share/cod 0.7 … Read more
I’m experiencing a very strange behavior with Windows 10 operating system and the SSD disk: SK Hynix PC401 512 MB on my Alienware m51 (R1) notebook. After I boot up the Windows, the SSD is getting warmed up to 70 degrees and more (in idle mode, I can see that disk is not getting used … Read more
I was advised to use ‘System Stability Test’ to check up on My CPU. But I’m not sure I understand the results so far! The program says the CPU is overheating but the average temps seem to be okay? I made a comparison with ‘HWMonitor’ Should I be worried with the results? The CPU I’m … Read more
