Comments on: Ubuntu Intrepid Ibex/8.10 Is Ruining My Hardware

By: brad

brad — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 04:03:12 +0000

I’ve now got 8.04 installed, temperatures on sensor (using lm-sensors pkg), are sometimes as high as 70degrees on the gpu. (X31 + ATI card)
tpfan makes it possible to control the fan, and hence the temperatures, – now my temps are 46-49degrees.

By: sean

sean — Tue, 27 Jan 2009 11:54:05 +0000

I have just upgraded to 8.10 and getting random shutdowns. I had no such issues with 8.04. I did have fancontrol setup but disabled it last night and the computer has stayed on so far.

I think there are a lot of acpi issues with ubuntu.
I personally have to install it with acpi=off then remove powernowd and then remove acpi=off from the boot menu. I think powernowd should be an option in setup as have never found it to work well with new cpu’s

By: Ian

Ian — Sun, 25 Jan 2009 17:30:22 +0000

I’ve had the exact same problem on my desktop PC since Hardy and it’s getting really annoying now. I can’t use Audacity, some flash heavy websites/online newspapers through Firefox nor Alien Arena.

My bug report is here:
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/314688,

Maybe I should tag onto yours, but I’ve had no response. Since then, I’ve taken to opening the case to let more air circulate (it helps a bit) and am now looking at extra cooling. However, having reinstalled Windblows to test out similar portable programs, this problem just doesn’t exist.

Agrrrrrrrrrr

By: Caspar

Caspar — Tue, 30 Dec 2008 12:00:12 +0000

Writing this on an X31 with Ubuntu 8.10 installed. I have never had the described problems. I have run Ubuntu for the past 2 years on this machine.

By: brad

brad — Sun, 14 Dec 2008 03:13:44 +0000

I’ve had Ubuntu installed on my Thinkpad X31 since 7.04, (tried 6.06 too), and I’m currently using 8.10. Zero problems. Like you say, everything works as though 8.10 were OEM installed. A+.
I just wish I had more such equipment to install it on.

By: iponeverything

iponeverything — Thu, 27 Nov 2008 08:48:55 +0000

See if there is are bios upgrade/downgrades available for your laptop. From looking around there seems to be people running the same hardware/software without the same issue. But it does seem that there quite a few people with problem.. Maybe there are some bios settings that be reset or adjusted?

There is a long thread on this problem on ubuntuforums.

http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=821597

By: Ledenjes

Ledenjes — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 11:58:30 +0000

It would’nt surprise me if you have a hardware issue which is being noticed during the Ubuntu boot process. In other words, Ubuntu is not causing the hardware issue, but preventing the hardware issue. In other words, Ubuntu tries not to use your already somewhat damaged hardware and break it even further.

By: Vadi

Vadi — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 13:09:33 +0000

I have a T41, but the install was flawless…

By: atc

atc — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 07:14:21 +0000

@Allan, I did a memtest, nothing happened.

@aussiebear, thank you, I’ve added those to my bug report as also requested by Teej.

By: Allan

Allan — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 06:18:45 +0000

Could be a hardware issue that Ubuntu is exposing but can’t tell you about, like a hard drive failure, or bad memory. I’ve installed Ubuntu 7.x and 8.04 on my fairly new laptop, and I’ve installed 8.04 and 8.10 on my brand new desktop. After some minor waves, things have settled down and I’m happy with 8.10. Since this problem sounds like a BSOD on Windows, I would have to suggest performing memory checks and HD disk checks.