Laptop overheating : Linux Mint 16 Cinnamon

nikiitea · 04-01-2014, 11:31 PM

Hi,
I am not exactly a Linux newbie but not a genius either. I have used Ubuntu,Fedora and now Linux Mint.
My problem is that my laptop overheats when I watch movies or browse either youtube or some "heavy" websites. Atleast that is when I think it does. And the laptop shuts down immediately. I browsed for solutions and now have installed tlp but the problem persists. Please help.

Thanks in advance !!!

LinBox2013 · 04-01-2014, 11:37 PM

How old is the laptop? Is the fan dirty? Thermal paste broken down (or the cheap crap pads manufactures put on the CPU)?

I make it a habit to tear into my laptop once a year and clean it out well and re paste. I have never had the issues you described doing this.