system records consistently high temperature

[Kreshna Dwinanta]

 The system reads above 56 celcius with fan already in high mode (@DELL Inspiron N4010).

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: elementary OS 0.2
Package: elementary-desktop 1.299-0~373~precise1 [origin: LP-PPA-elementary-os-daily]
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-41.66-generic-pae 3.2.42
Uname: Linux 3.2.0-41-generic-pae i686
ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu17.2+elementary3~precise1
Architecture: i386
CrashDB: elementary_meta
Date: Wed May 8 10:45:41 2013
InstallationMedia: elementary OS 0.2 "Luna" - Beta 2 i386 (20130506)
MarkForUpload: True
ProcEnviron:
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: elementary-meta
SuspiciousXErrors:

ThirdParty: True
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

[fabioantuness (fabioantuness)]

Mine is at 64.0ºC and I only have the terminal and chrome opened(without any flash or heavy stuff opened)

[fabioantuness (fabioantuness)]

Well I managed to get 55ºC (less 9ºC) and less fan noise installing TLP and bumblebee, check this answer about TLP http://askubuntu.com/a/285681 and here's the bumblebee: http://bumblebee-project.org/install.html

[Cody Garver (codygarver)]

Bug is really old.

Also, the other bit sounds like optimus problems. Which are, sadly, normal.

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