[SOLVED] Power or thermal limit exceeded (installation problem)

LinuxN3WB · 02-21-2012, 01:06 AM

I get about 3/4 through the installation of Ubuntu 10.10 along side my Windows 7 partition for a dual boot system and it will not continue. It will say "ready when you are..." and when you click that it drops down a terminal box with the message "power or thermal limit exceeded" it will not let me progress any further through the installation. I know my laptop isn't overheating I've tested and checked the temps. If you need anymore information let me know.

EDDY1 · 02-21-2012, 07:00 PM

At the time power-management may not be installed, sit on a fan & it will make it thru the installation. Either that or try installing debian which is less resource hungry.

jefro · 02-22-2012, 04:03 PM

I'd think it is overheating.

Did you tweek any settings in bios? (laptops generally can't be tweeked)

How well does it run live cd's?

Can you consider using a more modern version of ubuntu?

Also consider a VM.

LinuxN3WB · 02-22-2012, 06:38 PM

I downloaded and installed a different system image from Ubuntu's website and this install went flawlessly. I am now dual booting Win 7 and Ubuntu Linux on the same machine! I am quite happy. Thanks for the help anyways.