Comment 0 for bug 568503

After a boot, my system idles at system temp=29C, CPU temp=31C according to gkrellm. If I do a sleep then resume, the CPU temp stays above 36C at idle. All desktop effects are disabled.

Description: Ubuntu lucid (development branch)
Release: 10.04
AMD X4 965

top - 01:56:09 up 14 min, 1 user, load average: 0.44, 0.40, 0.28
Tasks: 211 total, 2 running, 207 sleeping, 0 stopped, 2 zombie
Cpu(s): 0.4%us, 0.2%sy, 0.2%ni, 99.2%id, 0.1%wa, 0.0%hi, 0.0%si, 0.0%st
Mem: 1930052k total, 879512k used, 1050540k free, 29908k buffers
Swap: 9438148k total, 0k used, 9438148k free, 427700k cached

cpufrequtils 006: cpufreq-info (C) Dominik Brodowski 2004-2009
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analyzing CPU 0:
  driver: powernow-k8
  CPUs which run at the same hardware frequency: 0
  CPUs which need to have their frequency coordinated by software: 0
  maximum transition latency: 8.0 us.
  hardware limits: 800 MHz - 3.40 GHz
  available frequency steps: 3.40 GHz, 2.70 GHz, 2.20 GHz, 800 MHz
  available cpufreq governors: conservative, ondemand, userspace, powersave, performance
  current policy: frequency should be within 800 MHz and 3.40 GHz.
                  The governor "ondemand" may decide which speed to use
                  within this range.
  current CPU frequency is 800 MHz.
  cpufreq stats: 3.40 GHz:3.42%, 2.70 GHz:0.08%, 2.20 GHz:0.83%, 800 MHz:95.67% (1230)
analyzing CPU 1:
  driver: powernow-k8
  CPUs which run at the same hardware frequency: 1
  CPUs which need to have their frequency coordinated by software: 1
  maximum transition latency: 8.0 us.
  hardware limits: 800 MHz - 3.40 GHz
  available frequency steps: 3.40 GHz, 2.70 GHz, 2.20 GHz, 800 MHz
  available cpufreq governors: conservative, ondemand, userspace, powersave, performance
  current policy: frequency should be within 800 MHz and 3.40 GHz.
                  The governor "ondemand" may decide which speed to use
                  within this range.
  current CPU frequency is 800 MHz.
  cpufreq stats: 3.40 GHz:2.93%, 2.70 GHz:0.12%, 2.20 GHz:0.97%, 800 MHz:95.98% (774)
analyzing CPU 2:
  driver: powernow-k8
  CPUs which run at the same hardware frequency: 2
  CPUs which need to have their frequency coordinated by software: 2
  maximum transition latency: 8.0 us.
  hardware limits: 800 MHz - 3.40 GHz
  available frequency steps: 3.40 GHz, 2.70 GHz, 2.20 GHz, 800 MHz
  available cpufreq governors: conservative, ondemand, userspace, powersave, performance
  current policy: frequency should be within 800 MHz and 3.40 GHz.
                  The governor "ondemand" may decide which speed to use
                  within this range.
  current CPU frequency is 800 MHz.
  cpufreq stats: 3.40 GHz:2.67%, 2.70 GHz:0.09%, 2.20 GHz:0.85%, 800 MHz:96.39% (593)
analyzing CPU 3:
  driver: powernow-k8
  CPUs which run at the same hardware frequency: 3
  CPUs which need to have their frequency coordinated by software: 3
  maximum transition latency: 8.0 us.
  hardware limits: 800 MHz - 3.40 GHz
  available frequency steps: 3.40 GHz, 2.70 GHz, 2.20 GHz, 800 MHz
  available cpufreq governors: conservative, ondemand, userspace, powersave, performance
  current policy: frequency should be within 800 MHz and 3.40 GHz.
                  The governor "ondemand" may decide which speed to use
                  within this range.
  current CPU frequency is 800 MHz.
  cpufreq stats: 3.40 GHz:3.90%, 2.70 GHz:0.04%, 2.20 GHz:1.06%, 800 MHz:95.00% (666)