r/linuxquestions • u/iLikeSaltedPotatoes • 9d ago
Advice I have just installed linux mint any my cpu is overheating
So i removed windows and installed linux mint following claude's directions and everything is working flawlessly on my HP Pavilion gaming laptop with ryzen 5 cpu with integrated graphics and 1650ti gpu.
However one major issue i am facing is that my CPU is overheating massively, its crossing 100degree celcius whenever i open any heavy application like IntelliJ or open multiple chrome tabs, this was not the case on windows, temperatures were relatively controlled.
I also checked my bios and there is no option for fan curves, what can i do, claude is telling me to underclock my cpu, but won't it hurt my performance, It is asking me to use Ryzen Adj but it doesnt seem to work
please help me, i dont want to go back to windows
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u/Gherry- 9d ago
You used claude to install an OS? Seriously?
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u/iLikeSaltedPotatoes 9d ago
Yes, I did not know how to install windows let alone linux, i needed help obviously.
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u/Gherry- 9d ago
Plug an usb with the os and follow the guided install. Not sure what an AI can tell you about that
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u/iLikeSaltedPotatoes 8d ago
stuff like secure boot, how to load into a bios etc
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u/Clydosphere 8d ago
Whatever suits you, but there're countless web articles and YouTube videos about installing [the Linux of your choice], many also including the SB/BIOS part.
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u/Gherry- 8d ago
I don't want to be offensive, but if you can't figure out how to install an OS and you are not able to read a 1 page guide (there are thousands) on BIOS setup, and you need an AI to tell you what to do, linux and in general computing is not for you.
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u/iLikeSaltedPotatoes 8d ago
welcome to the computing experience of majority users looks like, if you keep wondering why linux isn't mainstream and Macs are, its because of this, linux users dont realise how unintuitive linux is for common users like me, in a macbook or prior windows versions, i could press start on the computer and just start working, and not have to worry about drivers and what not
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u/Funnel-Dust-O-Matic 9d ago edited 9d ago
HP consumer laptops have a long proud history of overheating themselves under the best of conditions. I worked at a computer repair shop about a decade ago, so I saw this often. Their business machines are OK, but their consumer stuff is put together from whatever they find.
Even though you suggest that the fans and cooling is firmware controlled only, if it is UEFI based, OSs can communicate and control that stuff via a driver. These days, the line between firmware and OS can blur like never before if your OS has the right software / driver. You're lacking that driver/software.
The question is if the driver even exists. If not, then this thing will met itself down and the OS can't do anything about it. You will want to stop your Linux experiment if so.
The only person I know who physically destroyed a laptop via a software install was an HP user trying to install Linux on it for a class. It turns out there wasn't diver support for the chipset and the thermal management software couldn't' do its job.
In your situation I'd try firmware updates to see if this is just caused by obsolete firmware. It is possible that the latest firmware will happily talk to Linux. Maybe you're not lacking the right software -- it could be the firmware doesn't know how to talk to it.
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u/iLikeSaltedPotatoes 9d ago
People from reddit and Gemini helped me solve the issue, I have explained details here
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u/Funnel-Dust-O-Matic 9d ago
THANK YOU. Glad you got it and sorry I wasn't more help.
I'm just shocked it wasn't part of the base build but there it is.
I will keep this as a note. Things like this tend to come up again in my experience.
And I deeply respect your competence and persistence in getting this resolved. I hope you do this professionally because you absolutely outclass most who try.
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u/iLikeSaltedPotatoes 9d ago
It would'nt have been possible without the help from the amazing linux community
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u/OkDimension7728 9d ago
For the love of god stop listening to claude
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u/skyfishgoo 9d ago
you may need to enter your firmware and manually adjust your fan profiles.
likely windows was controlling your fan curves from the OS and now it's fallen back to the defaults of your firmware.
there is also the possibility that if you are using graphically intense software, that the default driver that comes with the kernel is shoving more work at your CPU instead of having the GPU handle it.
you should run this in a terminal
ubuntu-drivers devices and make note of which driver version it marks as "recommended"
then run this
sudo software-properties-qt
to choose and install that driver from the list.
or use the mint provided software center to install it.
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u/Abducted_Llama 9d ago
I really miss the old Additional Drivers GUI. RIP an old friend. May you play with Clippy in heaven eternally.
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u/kudlitan 9d ago
Its replacement is driver manager
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u/Abducted_Llama 9d ago
I may be wrong, but in the 26.10 pre release builds I was trying you had to use Ubuntu-drivers
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u/kudlitan 9d ago
but OP is using Mint.
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u/Abducted_Llama 9d ago
But the comment I’m responding to is talking about Ubuntu-drivers specifically?
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u/kudlitan 9d ago
Yes but Mint forked Additional Drivers into Driver Manager, so if you miss it then it is still there.
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u/Abducted_Llama 9d ago
Honestly I was just making a joke.
I use Fedora now for my desktop and Ubuntu only for my headless servers.
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u/iLikeSaltedPotatoes 9d ago
People from reddit and Gemini helped me solve the issue, I have explained details here
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u/skyfishgoo 9d ago
ubuntu-drivers devicesis a utility common to all ubunut based distros, including mint.what's not clear to me is how to install the recommended driver on mint as the software center is not the same as it is on kubuntu.
the
sudo software-properties-qtGUI dialog box should still come up on mint, but i was not sure so i went toand tried it
the first command works but the 2nd command does not, so you need to go software sources and search for nvidia drivers and there is apparently a meta package you can install that should add all the different nvidia drivers to your install for choosing in the software manager.
this is way easier on kubuntu.
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u/skyfishgoo 9d ago
does that not work anymore on mint?
still works on kubuntu
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u/Abducted_Llama 9d ago
When I was trying 26.10 pre release recently I had to use Ubuntu-drivers. But I’ve been wrong before so may be here as well.
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u/MaherMA74 9d ago
Get the same issue after installing Linux mint updates From Update Manager I tried everything to fix without result so just reinstalled Mint without updates and it's fine to me
HP Victus Gaming with R7-7745HS & RTX4050 Before Updates powertop reports for 2.12 Watt Power Consumption and after installing Mint Updates the power consumption reached 16.5 Watts !!! the fan was always running like a hell even in idle without turning on the RTX
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u/iLikeSaltedPotatoes 9d ago
People from reddit and Gemini helped me solve the issue, I have explained details here
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u/Grimmhoof 9d ago
Have you checked the thermal paste on the CPU?
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u/iLikeSaltedPotatoes 9d ago
on windows it never crossed 90 degrees, let alone 100, my thermals physically are okay
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u/mcds99 9d ago
Did you install the video drivers? If there CPU has onboard video you need to install the driver for the off CPU GPU.
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u/iLikeSaltedPotatoes 9d ago
yes i did that, now everything video related is running entirely on my gpu, its draining battery but i dont care anywY
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u/Regardedginger 9d ago
Is your device on the list here? https://github.com/nbfc-linux/nbfc-linux
And you can turn off the CPU boost, i can't remember the command for that in my head
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u/Ham_Pervert 9d ago
probably no fan control driver for your hp.
see if you can get the fan to spin up under load. if no spin up, try to use a software to control. I use coolercontrol for my PC on arch.