Comment 9 for bug 107937

I also have a HP nc8430 T7200 running uncomfortably hot.
I'm on Hardy Beta 64-bit, all updates to date installed.
I also dual-boot with WinXP, there, the temps and battery life are much better.
I would like to change to Linux completely, but on laptops there still is some streamlining left to do. Heat/power consumption is clearly one of the major problems.
Otherwise, Hardy is VERY close to being a viable option for general use by an average user.

$ uname -a
Linux Possulap 2.6.24-12-generic #1 SMP Wed Mar 12 22:31:43 UTC 2008 x86_64 GNU/Linux

$ cat /proc/acpi/thermal_zone/*/*
<setting not supported>
<polling disabled>
state: active[2]
temperature: 65 C
critical (S5): 256 C
active[0]: 83 C: devices=C32A
active[1]: 72 C: devices=C32B
active[2]: 50 C: devices=C32C
active[3]: 45 C: devices=C32D
<setting not supported>
<polling disabled>
state: ok
temperature: 61 C
critical (S5): 105 C
passive: 102 C: tc1=1 tc2=2 tsp=300 devices=CPU0 CPU1
<setting not supported>
<polling disabled>
state: active[2]
temperature: 74 C
critical (S5): 110 C
active[0]: 105 C: devices=C330
active[1]: 95 C: devices=C32E
active[2]: 65 C: devices=C32F
<setting not supported>
<polling disabled>
state: ok
temperature: 49 C
critical (S5): 80 C
<setting not supported>
<polling disabled>
state: ok
temperature: 41 C
critical (S5): 105 C
passive: 60 C: tc1=1 tc2=2 tsp=300 devices=CPU0 CPU1
<setting not supported>
<polling disabled>
state: ok
temperature: 80 C
critical (S5): 110 C

$ cat /proc/cpuinfo
processor : 0
vendor_id : GenuineIntel
cpu family : 6
model : 15
model name : Intel(R) Core(TM)2 CPU T7200 @ 2.00GHz
stepping : 6
cpu MHz : 1000.000
cache size : 4096 KB
physical id : 0
siblings : 2
core id : 0
cpu cores : 2
fpu : yes
fpu_exception : yes
cpuid level : 10
wp : yes
flags : fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 clflush dts acpi mmx fxsr sse sse2 ss ht tm pbe syscall nx lm constant_tsc arch_perfmon pebs bts rep_good pni monitor ds_cpl vmx est tm2 ssse3 cx16 xtpr lahf_lm
bogomips : 3994.35
clflush size : 64
cache_alignment : 64
address sizes : 36 bits physical, 48 bits virtual
power management:

processor : 1
vendor_id : GenuineIntel
cpu family : 6
model : 15
model name : Intel(R) Core(TM)2 CPU T7200 @ 2.00GHz
stepping : 6
cpu MHz : 1000.000
cache size : 4096 KB
physical id : 0
siblings : 2
core id : 1
cpu cores : 2
fpu : yes
fpu_exception : yes
cpuid level : 10
wp : yes
flags : fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 clflush dts acpi mmx fxsr sse sse2 ss ht tm pbe syscall nx lm constant_tsc arch_perfmon pebs bts rep_good pni monitor ds_cpl vmx est tm2 ssse3 cx16 xtpr lahf_lm
bogomips : 3990.04
clflush size : 64
cache_alignment : 64
address sizes : 36 bits physical, 48 bits virtual
power management:

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