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power saver

Asked by Nishan Rayamajhee

I recently installed Ubuntu on my laptop. I had Windows 7 running. The power consumption was a lot less in windows. My laptop only heated when i played games. But now it heats much and the processor fans is always running. Isn't there a power saver setting in ubuntu or any type of utility. I heard it's because of the lack of specific drivers for my PC. Please help!

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#1

What make and model is the system? You have left this crucial piece of information out of your question....

There is a power saver built in, some hardware manufacturers use proprietary power saving and do not make drivers for any other OS than Windows. This can cause the issue you are having.

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Nishan Rayamajhee (nishanrayamajhee-deactivatedaccount) said : 		#2

i have a dell inspiron n5110. But it didn't came with an OS.
sandy bridge i5
contains nvidia and intel hd 3000 running side by side
i guess it's because of the graphics.
in windows the desktop used intel hd as default and nvidia for performance.

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#3

The dual GPU thing is a pain to get working (if at all). Check for bugs reported for the model of laptop, also make sure you have the latest BIOS

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Nishan Rayamajhee (nishanrayamajhee-deactivatedaccount) said : 		#4

yeah i have the latest bios! and now when i installed nvidia driver unity crashed.... Now i am completely unable to run unity. gnome 2 loads instead of unity even if i choose "UBUNTU" while loggin in!

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Nishan Rayamajhee (nishanrayamajhee-deactivatedaccount) said : 		#5

i uninstalled the nvidia driver and unity came once again. installed ironhide i think it adjusted my graphics. No furthur problems. Thank you for the help andrew