Comment 16 for bug 1080350

any progress on this?

i am getting the same problem (overheating) with a samsung e272 () as well as an acer aspire 7540G (mobility 4570) on archlinux with kernel 3.1.6 and latest git-snapshots of xf86-video-ati. furthermore, at least on archlinux the required procedure to use powersaving (setting power_profile to "low" using dynpm power_method) on these cards do not work either for various reasons (flickering, screen artifacts, all terms even tty* completely frozen).

what is required to get this one sorted out because it is simply not possible to use the open source graphics drivers with these two laptops.

i'll happily provide any information necessary.