Christopher, I managed to fix the bug by switching from the nouveau driver
to the nvidia proprietary driver. Then installing Optimus later. Thanks
though.

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On 11-Aug-2013 2:21 AM, "Christopher M. Penalver" <
<email address hidden>> wrote:

> Piyush Puranik, as per http://www.service.asus.com/#!downloads/c1wax an
> update is available for your BIOS (214). If you update to this, does it
> change anything?
>
> If not, could you please both specify what happened, and provide the
> output of the following terminal command:
> sudo dmidecode -s bios-version && sudo dmidecode -s bios-release-date
>
> Thank you for your understanding.
>
> ** Description changed:
>
>   I have Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS installed on my Asus K53SM alongside Windows
>   7. Ubuntu has been installed on a seperate partition and I am using the
>   GRUB loader for booting.
>
>   The CPU fan on my laptop is constantly at a very high speed irrespective
>   of whether I'm running any CPU intensive applications or not. The CPU's
>   reported temperature is 42 degrees centigrade (room temp is 28 degrees).
>   The air being ejected out of the system is cold and not warm enough to
>   warrant a high fan speed.
>
>   I have installed bumblebee to ensure that my Nvidia card is not
>   constantly running and I ensured that it is fully updated to the latest
>   version. All the reported updates have also been installed on Ubuntu.
>
> + WORKAROUND: Switching to the Nvidia proprietary drivers seems to have
> + drastically reduced the fan throttling.
> +
>   ProblemType: Bug
>   DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
>   Package: linux-image-3.2.0-32-generic-pae 3.2.0-32.51
>   ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-32.51-generic-pae 3.2.30
>   Uname: Linux 3.2.0-32-generic-pae i686
>   AlsaVersion: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture Driver Version 1.0.24.
>   ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu14
>   Architecture: i386
>   ArecordDevices:
> -  **** List of CAPTURE Hardware Devices ****
> -  card 0: PCH [HDA Intel PCH], device 0: ALC269VB Analog [ALC269VB Analog]
> -    Subdevices: 1/1
> -    Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
> +  **** List of CAPTURE Hardware Devices ****
> +  card 0: PCH [HDA Intel PCH], device 0: ALC269VB Analog [ALC269VB Analog]
> +    Subdevices: 1/1
> +    Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
>   AudioDevicesInUse:
> -  USER        PID ACCESS COMMAND
> -  /dev/snd/controlC0:  piyush     2031 F.... pulseaudio
> +  USER        PID ACCESS COMMAND
> +  /dev/snd/controlC0:  piyush     2031 F.... pulseaudio
>   Card0.Amixer.info:
> -  Card hw:0 'PCH'/'HDA Intel PCH at 0xdf000000 irq 50'
> -    Mixer name : 'Intel CougarPoint HDMI'
> -    Components : 'HDA:10ec0269,10431ac3,00100100
> HDA:80862805,80860101,00100000'
> -    Controls      : 24
> -    Simple ctrls  : 11
> +  Card hw:0 'PCH'/'HDA Intel PCH at 0xdf000000 irq 50'
> +    Mixer name : 'Intel CougarPoint HDMI'
> +    Components : 'HDA:10ec0269,10431ac3,00100100
> HDA:80862805,80860101,00100000'
> +    Controls      : 24
> +    Simple ctrls  : 11
>   Date: Mon Oct 29 19:18:15 2012
>   HibernationDevice: RESUME=UUID=c1fe8aa2-eadb-4d88-9a2a-a77346a7085e
>   InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Release i386
> (20120817.3)
>   MachineType: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. K53SM
>   ProcEnviron:
> -  LANGUAGE=en_IN:en
> -  TERM=xterm
> -  PATH=(custom, no user)
> -  LANG=en_IN
> -  SHELL=/bin/bash
> +  LANGUAGE=en_IN:en
> +  TERM=xterm
> +  PATH=(custom, no user)
> +  LANG=en_IN
> +  SHELL=/bin/bash
>   ProcFB: 0 inteldrmfb
>   ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-3.2.0-32-generic-pae
> root=UUID=5e0353be-ffe5-4b71-8616-dbc6e0767248 ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7
>   RelatedPackageVersions:
> -  linux-restricted-modules-3.2.0-32-generic-pae N/A
> -  linux-backports-modules-3.2.0-32-generic-pae  N/A
> -  linux-firmware                                1.79.1
> +  linux-restricted-modules-3.2.0-32-generic-pae N/A
> +  linux-backports-modules-3.2.0-32-generic-pae  N/A
> +  linux-firmware                                1.79.1
>   SourcePackage: linux
>   StagingDrivers: rts5139 mei
>   UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
>   dmi.bios.date: 03/06/2012
>   dmi.bios.vendor: American Megatrends Inc.
>   dmi.bios.version: K53SM.211
>   dmi.board.asset.tag: To be filled by O.E.M.
>   dmi.board.name: K53SM
>   dmi.board.vendor: ASUSTeK Computer Inc.
>   dmi.board.version: 1.0
>   dmi.chassis.asset.tag: No Asset Tag
>   dmi.chassis.type: 9
>   dmi.chassis.vendor: ASUSTeK Computer Inc.
>   dmi.chassis.version: 1.0
>   dmi.modalias:
> dmi:bvnAmericanMegatrendsInc.:bvrK53SM.211:bd03/06/2012:svnASUSTeKComputerInc.:pnK53SM:pvr1.0:rvnASUSTeKComputerInc.:rnK53SM:rvr1.0:cvnASUSTeKComputerInc.:ct9:cvr1.0:
>   dmi.product.name: K53SM
>   dmi.product.version: 1.0
>   dmi.sys.vendor: ASUSTeK Computer Inc.
>
> ** Tags added: bios-outdated-214 needs-upstream-testing regression-
> potential
>
> ** Changed in: linux (Ubuntu)
>        Status: Confirmed => Incomplete
>
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> report.
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1072730
>
> Title:
>   CPU fan constantly at high speed on Asus K53SM laptop
>
> Status in “linux” package in Ubuntu:
>   Incomplete
>
> Bug description:
>   I have Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS installed on my Asus K53SM alongside Windows
>   7. Ubuntu has been installed on a seperate partition and I am using
>   the GRUB loader for booting.
>
>   The CPU fan on my laptop is constantly at a very high speed
>   irrespective of whether I'm running any CPU intensive applications or
>   not. The CPU's reported temperature is 42 degrees centigrade (room
>   temp is 28 degrees). The air being ejected out of the system is cold
>   and not warm enough to warrant a high fan speed.
>
>   I have installed bumblebee to ensure that my Nvidia card is not
>   constantly running and I ensured that it is fully updated to the
>   latest version. All the reported updates have also been installed on
>   Ubuntu.
>
>   WORKAROUND: Switching to the Nvidia proprietary drivers seems to have
>   drastically reduced the fan throttling.
>
>   ProblemType: Bug
>   DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
>   Package: linux-image-3.2.0-32-generic-pae 3.2.0-32.51
>   ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-32.51-generic-pae 3.2.30
>   Uname: Linux 3.2.0-32-generic-pae i686
>   AlsaVersion: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture Driver Version 1.0.24.
>   ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu14
>   Architecture: i386
>   ArecordDevices:
>    **** List of CAPTURE Hardware Devices ****
>    card 0: PCH [HDA Intel PCH], device 0: ALC269VB Analog [ALC269VB Analog]
>      Subdevices: 1/1
>      Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
>   AudioDevicesInUse:
>    USER        PID ACCESS COMMAND
>    /dev/snd/controlC0:  piyush     2031 F.... pulseaudio
>   Card0.Amixer.info:
>    Card hw:0 'PCH'/'HDA Intel PCH at 0xdf000000 irq 50'
>      Mixer name : 'Intel CougarPoint HDMI'
>      Components : 'HDA:10ec0269,10431ac3,00100100
> HDA:80862805,80860101,00100000'
>      Controls      : 24
>      Simple ctrls  : 11
>   Date: Mon Oct 29 19:18:15 2012
>   HibernationDevice: RESUME=UUID=c1fe8aa2-eadb-4d88-9a2a-a77346a7085e
>   InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Release i386
> (20120817.3)
>   MachineType: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. K53SM
>   ProcEnviron:
>    LANGUAGE=en_IN:en
>    TERM=xterm
>    PATH=(custom, no user)
>    LANG=en_IN
>    SHELL=/bin/bash
>   ProcFB: 0 inteldrmfb
>   ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-3.2.0-32-generic-pae
> root=UUID=5e0353be-ffe5-4b71-8616-dbc6e0767248 ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7
>   RelatedPackageVersions:
>    linux-restricted-modules-3.2.0-32-generic-pae N/A
>    linux-backports-modules-3.2.0-32-generic-pae  N/A
>    linux-firmware                                1.79.1
>   SourcePackage: linux
>   StagingDrivers: rts5139 mei
>   UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
>   dmi.bios.date: 03/06/2012
>   dmi.bios.vendor: American Megatrends Inc.
>   dmi.bios.version: K53SM.211
>   dmi.board.asset.tag: To be filled by O.E.M.
>   dmi.board.name: K53SM
>   dmi.board.vendor: ASUSTeK Computer Inc.
>   dmi.board.version: 1.0
>   dmi.chassis.asset.tag: No Asset Tag
>   dmi.chassis.type: 9
>   dmi.chassis.vendor: ASUSTeK Computer Inc.
>   dmi.chassis.version: 1.0
>   dmi.modalias:
> dmi:bvnAmericanMegatrendsInc.:bvrK53SM.211:bd03/06/2012:svnASUSTeKComputerInc.:pnK53SM:pvr1.0:rvnASUSTeKComputerInc.:rnK53SM:rvr1.0:cvnASUSTeKComputerInc.:ct9:cvr1.0:
>   dmi.product.name: K53SM
>   dmi.product.version: 1.0
>   dmi.sys.vendor: ASUSTeK Computer Inc.
>
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