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Hi All,

Most of the time it runs fine, but I can consistently get my T60 (2ghz T2500, Intel 3945ABG wireless NIC, Ati X1400 graphics) to crash due to heat. If I multi-task and download a file in the background and then run a Java program, it will eventually overheat and crash (kernel panic?) in about 15-20 minutes.

The area where the Intel wireless card is beneath the armrest gets very hot and CPU area gets very hot. If I do the exact same tasks in WindowsXP, it gets warm but will chug along no problem.

Is there a kernel update or downgrade I can do or a new driver update I can install to fix this in LinuxMint? Is this common in other Linuxes as well?

Thanks,
Thomas

I have no experience with the T60/ATI x1400, but I run or have run Ubuntu 10.10, 11.04 and 11.10 on T61, R60e and X60 and never experienced problems like you describe.

I installed the mint 11 LXDE on a R31 a few weeks ago and had no such problems with the install. I removed it because I (unlike everybody else it seems) like the original ubuntu/lubuntu/xubuntu distros a lot better than mint.

You should be able to install tpfanco from here: http://code.google.com/p/tpfanco/

and be able to control you fan/find your own settings.

If I remember right you should also have a program called "Systemmonitor" in the mint distro, open it and find out what process it is that taxes your cpu.

Elchund

Looks like there is a power management bug in this kernel version. I updated the kernel according to these instructions and now the T60 runs significantly cooler.

http://forums.linuxmint.com/viewtopic.php?f=42&t=40185

Thomcat wrote:Looks like there is a power management bug in this kernel version. I updated the kernel according to these instructions and now the T60 runs significantly cooler.

http://forums.linuxmint.com/viewtopic.php?f=42&t=40185

Which kernel version were you using, and which did you upgrade to?

Sorry for the delay in response. Please AlbertP's response in this thread:
http://forums.linuxmint.com/viewtopic.php?f=175&t=93237

BTW, I saw that Linux Mint 12 LXDE came out.