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[Gerald Nunn <gnunn@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I haven't really noticed any issues with the PMD hardware in Linux myself,
yes the fan runs constantly but not at high volume. When I get a chance I
will boot back to Windows 8 and compare the two.

Other then the fan is there any way to determine how much the GPU is
stressed under Linux?

Gerald


On Mon, Apr 8, 2013 at 8:56 AM, Roberto Gardenier <
robertogardenier@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Thank you for your reply, I will follow your instructions.
> Do you also experience these heath problems with the PMD?
> Roberto
>
>
> 2013/4/8 Gerald Nunn <gnunn@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
>> You need to script the detection of the PMD on boot and then adjust
>> things accordingly, I documented how I did it for Ubuntu in the second post
>> here:
>>
>>
>> http://forum.notebookreview.com/sony/702034-sony-vaio-z-2012-review-linux-perspective.html
>>
>> Gerald
>>
>>
>> On Sun, Apr 7, 2013 at 3:28 PM, Roberto Gardenier <
>> robertogardenier@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>>> Hi all,
>>>
>>> It has been a while since I last tried to get everything in good working
>>> order.
>>> Last time I managed to finally get the PMD to work (the magic trick was
>>> the tutorial from DoTheDog, and to disable fastboot in Bios).
>>>
>>> Soon after getting the multi display to work I found the following still
>>> confronting me:
>>> - Configuring the mutli monitor setup makes the x server crash when not
>>> connected to the PMD.
>>> - The PMD keeps blowing steam when connected.
>>>
>>> I found out that the last issue has to do something with the power
>>> management, a bug which makes the GPU work on 100%, no matter what.
>>>
>>> I don't want to use the PMD knowing that the GPU keeps running hot, 100%
>>> of the time. This lowers its lifespan and is unnecessary.
>>>
>>> So my questions are:
>>> - Someone knows how to make the device able to get back to one screen
>>> setup by default, when not connected to the PMD?
>>> - Someone knows how to handle this issue ?
>>>
>>> With kind regards,
>>> Roberto
>>>
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