I've followed the instructions and didn't brick the laptop, so that's good. I can't tell if there's a difference, but I know it did hit 80 once. It's idling at around 67 right now, which is much more acceptable. It might not have worked, though. More info below.
The site mentioned copying DSDT.aml to /etc/mkinitramfs/DSDT.aml. My output file was dsdt.aml (case-difference), but I upcased it when copying it over. I of course replaced his kernel version with my own. A point of interest in my dmesg is: [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ dmesg| grep -i acpi|grep DSDT [17179569.184000] ACPI: DSDT (v001 ALI M1533 0x06040000 MSFT 0x0100000d) @ 0x00000000 [17179572.640000] ACPI: Looking for DSDT ... not found! My 'dmesg | grep -i acpi' output is below: [17179569.184000] BIOS-e820: 000000001fef0000 - 000000001feff000 (ACPI data) [17179569.184000] BIOS-e820: 000000001feff000 - 000000001ff00000 (ACPI NVS) [17179569.184000] ACPI: RSDP (v000 PTLTD ) @ 0x000f6e10 [17179569.184000] ACPI: RSDT (v001 PTLTD RSDT 0x06040000 LTP 0x00000000) @ 0x1fefb6b6 [17179569.184000] ACPI: FADT (v001 ALI M1533 0x06040000 PTL 0x000f4240) @ 0x1fefeeaf [17179569.184000] ACPI: BOOT (v001 PTLTD $SBFTBL$ 0x06040000 LTP 0x00000001) @ 0x1fefef23 [17179569.184000] ACPI: SSDT (v001 PTLTD ACPIPST1 0x06040000 LTP 0x00000001) @ 0x1fefef4b [17179569.184000] ACPI: DSDT (v001 ALI M1533 0x06040000 MSFT 0x0100000d) @ 0x00000000 [17179569.184000] ACPI: PM-Timer IO Port: 0x8008 [17179572.640000] ACPI: Core revision 20060707 [17179572.640000] ACPI: Looking for DSDT ... not found! [17179572.640000] ACPI: setting ELCR to 0200 (from 0c00) [17179573.264000] ACPI: bus type pci registered [17179573.280000] ACPI: Interpreter enabled [17179573.280000] ACPI: Using PIC for interrupt routing [17179573.280000] ACPI: PCI Root Bridge [PCI0] (0000:00) [17179573.288000] PCI quirk: region 8000-803f claimed by ali7101 ACPI [17179573.288000] ACPI: PCI Interrupt Routing Table [\_SB_.PCI0._PRT] [17179573.288000] ACPI: Embedded Controller [EC0] (gpe 32) interrupt mode. [17179573.296000] ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LNKA] (IRQs *10 11) [17179573.296000] ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LNKB] (IRQs 10 *11) [17179573.296000] ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LNKC] (IRQs *11) [17179573.296000] ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LNKD] (IRQs *10 11) [17179573.296000] ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LNKE] (IRQs 10 11) *0, disabled. [17179573.296000] ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LNKF] (IRQs 10 11) *0, disabled. [17179573.296000] ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LNKG] (IRQs *10 11) [17179573.296000] ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LNKH] (IRQs *10 11) [17179573.296000] ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LNKU] (IRQs 10 *11) [17179573.300000] pnp: PnP ACPI init [17179573.304000] pnp: PnP ACPI: found 10 devices [17179573.304000] PnPBIOS: Disabled by ACPI PNP [17179573.304000] PCI: Using ACPI for IRQ routing [17179573.312000] ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LNKB] enabled at IRQ 11 [17179573.312000] ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:00:0b.0[A] -> Link [LNKB] -> GSI 11 (level, low) -> IRQ 11 [17179573.312000] ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LNKD] enabled at IRQ 10 [17179573.312000] ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:00:0c.0[A] -> Link [LNKD] -> GSI 10 (level, low) -> IRQ 10 [17179573.732000] ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LNKG] enabled at IRQ 10 [17179573.732000] ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:00:08.0[A] -> Link [LNKG] -> GSI 10 (level, low) -> IRQ 10 [17179573.744000] ACPI: (supports S0 S3 S4 S5) [17179574.924000] ACPI: CPU0 (power states: C1[C1] C2[C2]) [17179574.928000] ACPI: Thermal Zone [THRS] (68 C) [17179574.936000] ACPI: Thermal Zone [THRC] (73 C) [17179575.496000] ACPI: Unable to derive IRQ for device 0000:00:10.0 [17179575.496000] ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:00:10.0[A]: no GSI [17179577.612000] ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:00:0d.0[A] -> Link [LNKB] -> GSI 11 (level, low) -> IRQ 11 [17179578.692000] ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:00:0d.2[C] -> Link [LNKD] -> GSI 10 (level, low) -> IRQ 10 [17179578.820000] ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LNKC] enabled at IRQ 11 [17179578.820000] ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:00:0b.1[B] -> Link [LNKC] -> GSI 11 (level, low) -> IRQ 11 [17179578.872000] ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:00:0d.1[B] -> Link [LNKC] -> GSI 11 (level, low) -> IRQ 11 [17179596.212000] ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:00:0b.0[A] -> Link [LNKB] -> GSI 11 (level, low) -> IRQ 11 [17179596.488000] ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:00:0c.0[A] -> Link [LNKD] -> GSI 10 (level, low) -> IRQ 10 [17179747.204000] ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LNKA] enabled at IRQ 10 [17179747.204000] ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:00:0a.0[A] -> Link [LNKA] -> GSI 10 (level, low) -> IRQ 10 [17179747.532000] ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LNKH] enabled at IRQ 10 [17179747.532000] ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:00:06.0[A] -> Link [LNKH] -> GSI 10 (level, low) -> IRQ 10 [17179751.056000] ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:01:00.0[A] -> Link [LNKA] -> GSI 10 (level, low) -> IRQ 10 [17179757.156000] ACPI: AC Adapter [AC] (on-line) [17179757.204000] ACPI: Battery Slot [BAT0] (battery present) [17179757.224000] ACPI: Power Button (FF) [PWRF] [17179757.224000] ACPI: Power Button (CM) [PWRB] [17179757.224000] ACPI: Sleep Button (CM) [SLPB] [17179757.224000] ACPI: Lid Switch [LID] [17179757.348000] ibm_acpi: IBM ThinkPad ACPI Extras v0.12a [17179757.348000] ibm_acpi: http://ibm-acpi.sf.net/ [17179757.348000] ACPI Exception (evxface-0545): AE_BAD_PARAMETER, Removing notify handler [20060707] [17179757.384000] pcc_acpi: loading... [17179757.512000] ACPI: Video Device [VGA] (multi-head: yes rom: no post: no) [17179766.900000] apm: overridden by ACPI. -- Laptop overheating in Edgy https://launchpad.net/bugs/70599 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs