Comment 154 for bug 22336

I have the same issue, at upstart!, (running the live cd ubuntu/xubuntu, doesn't matter). The laptop (Compaq Presario 2107EA) have been running for months with ubuntu 6.10 without any issues, and was running for a couple of days smoothly using 7.04, but now it reaches critical temperature at once, often before gnome is even fully loaded. I do not have to use any CPU-heavy stuff, just leave it after upstart and it shuts down. I get the same problem when using the live CD of 7.04 or Xubuntu 7.04, so it does not seems to be my installation that is the problem. However, the computer runs perfect when booted with the 6.04 or 6.10 live-CD, so it seems to be an issue associated with the 7.04 version and its new kernel.

The computer have been running XP for years without problems (ok. maybe not without problems, were talking windows... but at least without this specific problem).