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josek

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Registered: 2025-02-23

Posts: 11

TLP and Themald are fully compatible?

I would like to know your opinions on these commands?

It turns out that I have problems with my laptop overheating.
I would like you guys to help me...
Maintenance and cleaning has already been done.
Is it possible that using those commands could improve something?

this is your model
Asus VivoBook
S550CB
Táctil 15,6″
Intel® Core™ i7-3537U CPU @ 2.00GHz
4GB,
SSD 24GB + HDD 750GB
used battery with 72% capacity

crosscourt

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From: Wash DC

Registered: 2017-05-07

Posts: 2,202

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Re: TLP and Themald are fully compatible?

The apps TLP and Thermald may solve your issue as youri7 Vivobook is well known for overheating in Linux.  Ive only used Thermald but that was quite some time ago in 2017, but it worked very well.

Last edited by crosscourt (2025-02-24 19:09)

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josek

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Registered: 2025-02-23

Posts: 11

Re: TLP and Themald are fully compatible?

thanks for the information..the highest temperature recorded +85.0°C

The truth is that I installed auto cpufreq
and my temperature improved a lot with this command and also install TLP and Thermald

--- TLP 1.5.0 --------------------------------------------

+++ System Info
System         = ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC. 1.0        S550CB
BIOS           = S550CB.202
OS Release     = Debian GNU/Linux 12 (bookworm)
Kernel         = 6.1.0-31-amd64 #1 SMP PREEMPT_DYNAMIC Debian 6.1.128-1 (2025-02-07) x86_64
Init system    = systemd v252 (252.33-1~deb12u1)
Boot mode      = UEFI

+++ TLP Status
State          = enabled
RDW state      = enabled
Last run       = 10:20:11,    936 sec(s) ago
Mode           = AC
Power source   = AC

acpitz-acpi-0
Adapter: ACPI interface
temp1:        +46.0°C  (crit = +108.0°C)

asus-isa-0000
Adapter: ISA adapter
cpu_fan:     2300 RPM
temp1:        +46.0°C 

BAT0-acpi-0
Adapter: ACPI interface
in0:          15.12 V 

We'll see how the battery behaves, I think it no longer holds a charge.

crosscourt

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From: Wash DC

Registered: 2017-05-07

Posts: 2,202

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Re: TLP and Themald are fully compatible?

Cpufreq was going to be my next suggestion. Was the 85c temp while doing something intensive or just looking around the internet?
What app are you using to find out the temps? Many apps dont read the temps correctly.
Have you looked at whats running in the background such as services to see if you can reduce the overall usage?

Youre down to 46c?

Last edited by crosscourt (2025-02-26 17:55)

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josek

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Registered: 2025-02-23

Posts: 11

Re: TLP and Themald are fully compatible?

LibreOffice Draw, Chrome and Netflix
Obviously I was testing the temperature but thanks to the Thermald and CpuFreq application it only reaches +60.0°C no more

---------------------------- CPU frequency scaling ----------------------------

Battery is: charging

Setting to use: "performance" governor
Not setting EPP (not supported by system)
Setting to use: "balance_performance" EPB

Total CPU usage: 59.3 %
Total system load: 3.38
Average temp. of all cores: 61.00 °C

High CPU load (load average: 3.38, 2.65, 1.47)
Setting turbo boost: on

crosscourt

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From: Wash DC

Registered: 2017-05-07

Posts: 2,202

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Re: TLP and Themald are fully compatible?

Thats a good temp at 60C but the cpu load is still pretty low. Once you get above 20% cpu usage temps are going to rise and hopefully the changes will stop any temp issues.

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