Comment 165 for bug 22336

On 24/05/07, StevePEI <email address hidden> wrote:

Steve,

I think you are simply operating in powersave mode which for me keeps
the CPU running around the 800Mhz from the possible 1.7+Ghz. Hence
your CPU remains cool. I am doing this deliberately now just to keep
from the reboot.

You can evaluate this for yourself by installing acpitool and keeping
watch of "acpitool -e".

Please, if you have the time try it and see how our results compare.

> BTW - I am sure I should clean out my fan and I will take this as a
> wake-up call to do so. But my fan/temperature to my qualitative
> perception seems no different than on WinXP when Ubuntu is actually
> working for me. It was working fine under Windows (well, not "fine", but
> not doing anything like this). Something else is going on here.

Indeed.

I haven't compared on the same machine CPU Freq/Temp of Linux vs
Windows, but I have another machine running P-M1.8 with CPUCool
telling me temperatures under Windows and I can't inspire that to heat
up to 80C. I will assume that this has to be due to insufficient dust
on this machine yet - for now, though it isn't new either - however, I
hope at least to get more attention from Len Brown, since his
excellent post dispelled so much community speculation (in the face of
lack of anything better).

Rob.