Hi Simon - out of interest, can I ask what BIOS version you have on the M1330 at the moment? I'm using my 32bit M1330, and have frequent issues with overheating. I'm wondering if a BIOS update might go some way to resolving it.
Cheers, Matt On 24 February 2011 06:46, Simon Greenwood <sfgreenw...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > On 24 February 2011 09:29, Rossen Stoyanchev <rstoyanc...@yahoo.com>wrote: > >> Hi- >> >> Apologies if this isn't the right place. Having started as a Ubuntu user >> in 7.04 I find myself completely baffled by the this one. >> >> Every now and then an application starts using a lot of CPU. This is >> typically when running Flash or Java typically in a browser but I'm not >> completely sure about what triggers. The strange thing is that once the >> problem occurs all applications become affected. Even simple things like >> opening a file browser or dragging windows around spikes the CPU to 100% for >> 10-15 seconds or longer. It's like a gradual melt-down with the system >> becoming unusable even for simple tasks. The only solution at that point is >> powering off the laptop completely, which takes a long time since all >> processes are now really slow to close down. >> >> Needless to say a very debilitating problem to have and I'm baffled as to >> how to narrow things down. I know how to look up CPU usage by process with >> top but when all applications begin to exhibit this behavior that's pretty >> much useless. >> >> > I had that problem with Flash on 64-bit on my Dell XPS M1330. I've now gone > to a PAE kernel as the only reason I had 64 bit was for memory access and > that's mostly gone away. A BIOS update has also solved some of the colling > problems that that model has with its NVIDIA graphics card. > > We would need more information about your setup to come up with a more > specific solution. > > s/ > > -- > Twitter: @sfgreenwood > My CV: http://bit.ly/sfg <http://bit.ly/sfgreenwood_cv>_new_cv > "Is this your sanderling?" > > > -- > ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk > https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/ > >
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