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Posted: June 19 2007,05:29 QUOTE

Is there any reason why DSL as well as other "live" Linux distros make my notebook run so hot I can barely hold it?

Is this a driver problem or what? Is it dangerous to the equipment?

VIA chipset in an ECS notebook w/AMD Sempron.

Thanks for any help!
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Posted: June 19 2007,07:05 QUOTE

If you're using livecds.. perhaps your drive that's making all that heat?
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Posted: June 19 2007,13:51 QUOTE

Quote (^thehatsrule^ @ June 19 2007,03:05)
If you're using livecds.. perhaps your drive that's making all that heat?

That had crossed my mind, but I dismissed it -- it also happens when running from a USB flashdrive.

I mean, the notebook gets so hot it starts to stink.  I don't know if it's the CPU or the video (VIA Unichrome, which is not directly supported in DSL) or other processors or what...but all these live Linux distributions seem to cause it.

It's kind of scary.  I don't know if there's something in these that disables thermal shutdowns or what, and I'm reluctant to do a permanent install if it's going to pose a danger to my gear.  

I had also thought that perhaps these live distributions are somehow more computationally intense in live mode.

I'm stumped.
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Posted: June 19 2007,15:07 QUOTE

Does you laptop support acpi?
Does the fan come on at all?
You may want to try DSL v3.4 with the new acpid where you can script control thermal, etc...
DSL forum user Juanito has experience with many of these triggers/actions.
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Posted: June 19 2007,15:07 QUOTE

And Windows keeps it cold? Maybe there are some 'keep cool' windows-driver only options selected...

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