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[Heikki Wilenius <heikki.wilenius@xxxxxx>]

I have a three-year old (I think) Z13 with Ubuntu 12.10 that also started
switching off because temperature, when under a significant CPU load. I
think it's because of dust. I just blew some air to the fan exit on the
left side of the computer, and that helped enough so that it does not
switch off any more. The temperatures are still quite high though, so I
guess I should open it up and remove the dust more thoroughly. I didn't
even have compressed air (currently travelling), so maybe you can try that
first, as a first aid measure. =)

Heikki


On Wed, Oct 23, 2013 at 5:03 PM, Piotr Zalewa <piotr@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Hi
>
> I've got VPCZ1. I use this laptop since 2011. I have posted a tutorial how
> to install Gentoo on it.
>
> I'm using Ubuntu now (13.04 for the matter) with i3wm as a window manager.
> I think since updating to 12.04 my vaio started to restart occasionally.
> Recently I realised it's because it is running hot. I installed lm_sensors
> to check the temp now and it looks like it's running always above 60C,
> while work it is going up to 80C. It is switching off when jumping over
> 100C.
>
> It's been running hot before (also on Gentoo). I was joking it is for
> heating hands in winter. I don't mind cleaning, just I think it's not the
> core issue.
>
> I've checked and it should be running about 40C.
>
> Searching the web didn't gave me much info. There was a similar issue on
> ATI cards and the solution was to install some other driver.
>
> Is your vaio running hot?
>
> If not - what is your software setup?
>
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