Bug 720472 - Overheating with ATI RADEON open source driver
Summary: Overheating with ATI RADEON open source driver
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Status: CLOSED DUPLICATE of bug 682851
Alias: None
Product: Fedora
Classification: Fedora
Component: xorg-x11-drv-ati
Version: 15
Hardware: x86_64
OS: Linux
unspecified
high
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Assignee: X/OpenGL Maintenance List
QA Contact: Fedora Extras Quality Assurance
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TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2011-07-11 18:10 UTC by Roberto D'Auria
Modified: 2018-04-11 06:57 UTC (History)
2 users (show)

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Last Closed: 2011-07-12 11:53:31 UTC
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Description Roberto D'Auria 2011-07-11 18:10:06 UTC
Description of problem:

When I use the version 6.14.1 (the latest one) of ATI Radeon open source driver, my video card hits 80-85° C while doing nothing special (only gnome shell session open). In some cases it stopped my battery from charging for the extreme overheating.

My video card is a Radeon HD 4200, as reported by lspci:

01:05.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc M880G [Mobility Radeon HD 4200]

I'm sure it's the ATI driver because if I switch to Catalyst (closed source) drivers it works well and the temp is between 45° and 55°. 
Unfortunately, using the Catalyst drivers causes this bug: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=710258 so I'm stuck with GNOME3 fallback mode.

How reproducible:
- Use F15 with xorg-x11-drv-ati and a Radeon HD 4200


Steps to Reproduce:
1. Use F15 with xorg-x11-drv-ati and a Radeon HD 4200
2. Check the temp of video card using lm_sensors
  
Actual results:
Overheating

Expected results:
A normal temperature

Additional info:

Feel free to ask me additional info if required.

Comment 1 Matěj Cepl 2011-07-12 11:53:31 UTC

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 682851 ***


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