On Fri, Mar 12, 2010 at 1:11 PM, nitin_bits_hyd <[email protected]> wrote: > i am using linux mint 8 (along with windows 7 dual boot) > under mint my cpu temperature when idle is around 63 C while under > load goes to 75 C > > but while using windows it remians under 45 and rarely goes over 60 > even under load > > any help?
Are you using cpu frequency throttling in Linux? Try using the correct "governor." In fact, while googling, this is in one of the first few hits: http://www.linuxmint.com/wiki/index.php/CPU_Frequency_Throttling Also see, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dynamic_frequency_scaling SB -- l...@iitd - http://tinyurl.com/ycueutm
