Thinkpad L 15 gen 2 advice

[Bo Berglund]

On Sun, 22 May 2022 10:04:25 +1000, Phil <phillor9 at gmail.com> wrote:

>My main concern is for the waste of a perfectly good laptop, it only 
>overheats under heavy loads such as watching YouTube videos. I'm 
>assuming that a newer laptop will not overheat but I don't know.

Overheat or something else?

On the HP there is a "sensors" command to show temperatures.
On my HP 8560w running Ubuntu 20.04.4 LTS I have this:

~$ sensors
coretemp-isa-0000
Adapter: ISA adapter
Package id 0:  +49.0°C  (high = +86.0°C, crit = +100.0°C)
Core 0:        +44.0°C  (high = +86.0°C, crit = +100.0°C)
Core 1:        +46.0°C  (high = +86.0°C, crit = +100.0°C)
Core 2:        +42.0°C  (high = +86.0°C, crit = +100.0°C)
Core 3:        +45.0°C  (high = +86.0°C, crit = +100.0°C)

You can probably check your system using this as well.


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Bo Berglund
Developer in Sweden