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[Johannes Anwander <10anwanjo@xxxxxxxxx>]

I have the same problem with elitebook 8470p also on Oneiric. Battery
lasts at maximum 1 hour and temperature is inconveniently high.

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Title:
  1002:9593 [HP EliteBook 8730w] Radeon Mobility HD 3670 gets very hot,
  battery usage consequently low (45 minutes)

Status in “linux” package in Ubuntu:
  Incomplete

Bug description:
  The laptop HP EliteBook 8730w gets very hot. The battery life is very
  short (45-50 minutes on Oneiric, 3-4 hours on Windows).

  
  $ sensors
  acpitz-virtual-0
  Adapter: Virtual device
  temp1:        +30.0°C  (crit = +115.0°C)
  temp2:        +53.0°C  (crit = +105.0°C)
  temp3:        +49.2°C  (crit = +110.0°C)
  temp4:        +60.0°C  (crit = +110.0°C)
  temp5:        +48.0°C  (crit = +85.0°C)
  temp6:        +16.0°C  (crit = +105.0°C)

  coretemp-isa-0000
  Adapter: ISA adapter
  Core 0:       +52.0°C  (high = +105.0°C, crit = +105.0°C)
  Core 1:       +52.0°C  (high = +105.0°C, crit = +105.0°C)

  radeon-pci-0100
  Adapter: PCI adapter
  temp1:        +70.0°C  

  The temperature doesn't drop even when the laptop is completely idle.

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10
  Package: xserver-xorg-video-radeon 1:6.14.99~git20110811.g93fc084-0ubuntu1
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.0.0-12.19-generic 3.0.4
  Uname: Linux 3.0.0-12-generic x86_64
  .tmp.unity.support.test.0:
   
  ApportVersion: 1.23-0ubuntu2
  Architecture: amd64
  CompizPlugins: [core,bailer,detection,composite,opengl,decor,move,snap,compiztoolbox,place,gnomecompat,vpswitch,resize,ring,session,mousepoll,imgpng,unitymtgrabhandles,grid,regex,animation,wall,workarounds,expo,fade,ezoom,scale,unityshell]
  CompositorRunning: compiz
  Date: Mon Oct 10 21:56:52 2011
  DistUpgraded: Log time: 2011-10-07 09:50:42.700723
  DistroCodename: oneiric
  DistroVariant: ubuntu
  DkmsStatus:
   vboxhost, 4.1.4, 2.6.38-11-generic, x86_64: installed
   vboxhost, 4.1.4, 3.0.0-12-generic, x86_64: installed
  ExtraDebuggingInterest: Yes, whatever it takes to get this fixed in Ubuntu
  GraphicsCard:
   ATI Technologies Inc Radeon Mobility HD 3670 [1002:9593] (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])
     Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Device [103c:30ec]
  MachineType: Hewlett-Packard HP EliteBook 8730w
  PccardctlIdent:
   Socket 0:
     product info: "RICOH", "Bay8Controller", "", ""
     manfid: 0x0000, 0x0000
     function: 254 (unknown)
  PccardctlStatus:
   Socket 0:
     3.3V 16-bit PC Card
     Subdevice 0 (function 0) bound to driver "pata_pcmcia"
  ProcEnviron:
   LANGUAGE=en_GB:en
   PATH=(custom, user)
   LANG=en_GB.UTF-8
   SHELL=/bin/bash
  ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/vmlinuz-3.0.0-12-generic root=UUID=59ad8fb2-a45b-4f83-8bd1-b12499301514 ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7
  SourcePackage: xserver-xorg-video-ati
  UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to oneiric on 2011-10-07 (3 days ago)
  dmi.bios.date: 01/26/2010
  dmi.bios.vendor: Hewlett-Packard
  dmi.bios.version: 68PAD Ver. F.11
  dmi.board.name: 30EC
  dmi.board.vendor: Hewlett-Packard
  dmi.board.version: KBC Version 91.23
  dmi.chassis.asset.tag: CNU94039H1
  dmi.chassis.type: 10
  dmi.chassis.vendor: Hewlett-Packard
  dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnHewlett-Packard:bvr68PADVer.F.11:bd01/26/2010:svnHewlett-Packard:pnHPEliteBook8730w:pvrF.11:rvnHewlett-Packard:rn30EC:rvrKBCVersion91.23:cvnHewlett-Packard:ct10:cvr:
  dmi.product.name: HP EliteBook 8730w
  dmi.product.version: F.11
  dmi.sys.vendor: Hewlett-Packard
  version.compiz: compiz 1:0.9.6+bzr20110929-0ubuntu3
  version.ia32-libs: ia32-libs 20090808ubuntu25
  version.libdrm2: libdrm2 2.4.26-1ubuntu1
  version.libgl1-mesa-dri: libgl1-mesa-dri 7.11-0ubuntu3
  version.libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental: libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental N/A
  version.libgl1-mesa-glx: libgl1-mesa-glx 7.11-0ubuntu3
  version.xserver-xorg: xserver-xorg 1:7.6+7ubuntu7
  version.xserver-xorg-input-evdev: xserver-xorg-input-evdev 1:2.6.0-1ubuntu13
  version.xserver-xorg-video-ati: xserver-xorg-video-ati 1:6.14.99~git20110811.g93fc084-0ubuntu1
  version.xserver-xorg-video-intel: xserver-xorg-video-intel 2:2.15.901-1ubuntu2
  version.xserver-xorg-video-nouveau: xserver-xorg-video-nouveau 1:0.0.16+git20110411+8378443-1

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