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I have Sony Vaio pcG-392M. The video is "GeForce 8400M GT". I use XBMC on it most of the time. Ubuntu 12.04. Kernel 3.2.0-33-generic-pae.



The problem:



Fan is on most of the time. CPU stays 70C, gets that hot minutes after the PC is turned on, the temp never goes down, even if the machine is idling.



I updated Nvidia drivers, installed sensors and powertop, but cannot figure out what is causing the instant load. Here is the output of both:



sensors:
(The machine was playing music for 20 minutes before getting the output, it is usually 70 after reboot)



acpitz-virtual-0 Adapter: Virtual device  

temp1: +94.0°C (crit =+127.0°C)
temp2: +94.0°C (crit = +105.0°C)
coretemp-isa-0000 Adapter: ISA adapter Core 0: +92.0°C (high = +100.0°C, crit = +100.0°C)
Core 1: +92.0°C (high = +100.0°C, crit = +100.0°C)


powertop - Overview:



Usage Events/s Category Description
100.0% Device Audio codec hwC0D0: SigmaTel
1.9 ms/s 87.1 Interrupt [6] tasklet(softirq)
60.2 µs/s 27.4 kWork ieee80211_iface_work
160.9 µs/s 15.7 Timer tick_sched_timer
258.7 µs/s 9.8 Interrupt [23] ehci_hcd:usb2
168.6 µs/s 9.8 Process syndaemon -i 2.0 -K -R -t
67.1 µs/s 8.8 Timer hrtimer_wakeup
43.4 µs/s 8.8 Process [RTKTHREAD]
12.9 ms/s 2.9 Process powertop
361.2 µs/s 4.9 Process /usr/bin/X :0 -auth /var/run/lightdm/root/:0 -nolisten tcp vt7 -novtswitch -background no
0.0 µs/s 3.9 kWork BlinkWorkItemCallback
2.0 ms/s 2.0 Process unity-2d-shell
140.0 µs/s 2.0 Process /usr/lib/gnome-settings-daemon/gnome-settings-daemon
370.0 µs/s 1.0 Process NetworkManager
318.4 µs/s 1.0 Process dbus-daemon --system --fork --activation=upstart
149.5 µs/s 1.0 Process /usr/lib/ubuntu-geoip/ubuntu-geoip-provider
137.9 µs/s 1.0 Process /usr/lib/telepathy/mission-control-5
123.2 µs/s 1.0 Process sshd: deckoff@pts/0
81.2 µs/s 1.0 Process /usr/lib/accountsservice/accounts-daemon
74.6 µs/s 1.0 Process /usr/lib/unity-lens-applications/unity-applications-daemon
66.1 µs/s 1.0 Process /usr/lib/gvfs/gvfsd-trash --spawner :1.9 /org/gtk/gvfs/exec_spaw/0
61.0 µs/s 1.0 Process zeitgeist-datahub
58.2 µs/s 1.0 Process nautilus -n
30.2 µs/s 1.0 Process /usr/lib/gvfs/gvfs-afc-volume-monitor
12.5 µs/s 1.0 kWork flush_to_ldisc
12.1 µs/s 1.0 Timer watchdog_timer_fn
4.9 µs/s 1.0 Process [watchdog/1]
4.5 µs/s 1.0 Process [watchdog/0]
1.5 ms/s 0.0 Interrupt [16] nvidia
0.9 ms/s 0.0 Interrupt [47] iwl3945
382.9 µs/s 0.0 Process [migration/1]
269.4 µs/s 0.0 Interrupt [16] yenta
263.9 µs/s 0.0 Process nm-applet
249.1 µs/s 0.0 Interrupt [0] timer/0


Idle stats:



Package | CPU 0 POLL 0.0% | POLL 0.0% 0.0 ms C1 0.0% | C1 0.0% 0.0 ms  C2 0.0% | C2 0.0% 0.0 ms C3 99.3% | C3 99.2% 6.7 ms
| CPU 1 | POLL 0.0% 0.0 ms | C1 0.0% 0.0 ms | C2 0.0% 0.3 ms | C3 99.5% 6.6 ms


Frequency stats:



Package | CPU 0 Turbo Mode 0.3% | Turbo Mode 0.3% 
2.00 Ghz 0.0% | 2.00 Ghz 0.0%
1.60 Ghz 0.0% | 1.60 Ghz 0.0% 1200 Mhz 0.0% | 1200 Mhz 0.0% 800 Mhz 0.0%
| 800 Mhz 0.0% Idle 99.7% | Idle 99.7%
| CPU 1 | Turbo Mode 0.0% | 2.00 Ghz 0.0% | 1.60 Ghz 0.0% | 1200 Mhz
0.0% | 800 Mhz 0.0% | Idle 100.0%


Device Stats



Usage Device name

0.9% CPU use
100.0% Audio codec hwC0D0: SigmaTel
513.4 pkts/s Network interface: wlan0 (iwl3945)
132.3 pkts/s Network interface: wlan1 (rtl8192cu)
100.0% PCI Device: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) PCI Express Port 5
100.0% PCI Device: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB UHCI Controller #1
100.0% PCI Device: Intel Corporation PRO/Wireless 3945ABG [Golan] Network Connection
100.0% PCI Device: Texas Instruments 5-in-1 Multimedia Card Reader (SD/MMC/MS/MS PRO/xD)
100.0% PCI Device: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB UHCI Controller #3
100.0% PCI Device: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) HD Audio Controller
100.0% PCI Device: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) PCI Express Port 1
100.0% PCI Device: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) PCI Express Port 2
100.0% PCI Device: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) PCI Express Port 3
100.0% Radio device: iwl3945
100.0% PCI Device: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB UHCI Controller #4
100.0% PCI Device: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB UHCI Controller #2
100.0% PCI Device: Texas Instruments PCIxx12 Cardbus Controller
100.0% PCI Device: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller #1
100.0% PCI Device: Intel Corporation 82801HM/HEM (ICH8M/ICH8M-E) IDE Controller
100.0% PCI Device: Intel Corporation 82801HM/HEM (ICH8M/ICH8M-E) SATA Controller [AHCI mode]
100.0% PCI Device: NVIDIA Corporation G86 [GeForce 8400M GT]
100.0% USB device: UHCI Host Controller
100.0% USB device: UHCI Host Controller
100.0% PCI Device: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB UHCI Controller #5
100.0% USB Device: usb-device-05ca-183b
100.0% USB device: 802.11n WLAN Adapter (Realtek)
100.0% USB device: EHCI Host Controller
100.0% USB device: EHCI Host Controller
100.0% USB device: UHCI Host Controller
100.0% USB device: UHCI Host Controller
100.0% PCI Device: Intel Corporation Mobile PM965/GM965/GL960 PCI Express Root Port
100.0% PCI Device: Marvell Technology Group Ltd. 88E8036 PCI-E Fast Ethernet Controller
100.0% USB device: UHCI Host Controller
100.0% PCI Device: Texas Instruments PCIxx12 OHCI Compliant IEEE 1394 Host Controller
100.0% PCI Device: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller #2

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I had the same problem with my vaio laptop, but I have a radeon HD graphic card which are worst than Nvidia usually. After weeks of search here is my last solution :




  1. Open a terminal (Ctrl+Alt+T)


  2. Open the /etc/rc.local file entering this command: sudo gedit /etc/rc.local


  3. Put the following command into the file, before the exit 0 line



    sudo bash -c "echo low > /sys/class/drm/card0/device/power_profile"


  4. Save and close the file and reboot the computer.




An example of how your file should look like.



This command will put the energy profile in low mode, so it will decrease the consuming, this should increase the battery life too.



NOTE: I use the open source drive, it's the best but I think for Nvidia you should go for the proprietary.


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