This isn’t a problem. Only something that I have noticed.
I don’t know if it is just my hardware, but since installing Rome, my 2016 ASUS laptop runs 10 degrees (Celsius) cooler than it did with Kubuntu while performing the same tasks. Anyone else notice this on their hardware when they switched from whatever distro to Rome? There is no difference is processing speed.
This desirable outcome isn’t consistent. On my older 2012 ASUS laptop, there is no difference in operating temperature. That one will still overheat if I push it too hard. So it lives out its life as a home network file server. It has always been hot, even back in the day with Windows 7. Because of this laptop, I always keep a CPU temperature monitor up on the taskbar on both laptops.
I have no idea why this is happening. I really don’t care why. Checking the power management settings between Rome and Kubuntu ends up showing both are set the same.
I know you don’t care, but I’m telling you anyway.
My Gateway did the same thing. It’s because the thermal pads on the GPU and CPU break down over time. You can buy strips of the thermal pad material and just open the notebook and replace them. I wouldn’t really recommend using thermal paste, either. As the screws and studs in the notebook begin to flex, it can lead to bad contact between heat sinks and the chips if you use paste instead of pads.
Running hot since day 1 when I got it back in 2012. I just figured with 4 cores, it was normal behavior in 2012.
That ASUS still ran cooler than the previous laptop that died after 2 years and 2 weeks, a Dell laptop. As in, two weeks after the warranty expired and Dell wanted $250 for parts, plus labor. I will never get a Dell again. Unless it is donated to me for use as a doorstop. That Dell ran so hot that I could use it to keep food warm.
The fact the ASUS is still running as long as I don’t push it after all these years makes me hesitate to open it. Plus, plastic parts get brittle with age and once the screws are out, everything has to be carefully unsnapped to get it open.
Now that I think about it, my laptop used to always be right on the verge of starting up the cooling fan. It wasn’t uncommon to have to kill Firefox and/or Brave to get things down to the point where I could watch a video without the fan running continuously and even then it might kick on a little bit every once in a while.
I don’t think the cooling fan has ran much at all since I’ve started using OMLx a few months ago. I’m not able to quantify it, but in hindsight I can say with certainty that the fan runs a whole lot less than on Pop.
