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My laptop gets hot really fast on normal use

Asked by Nemo

My laptop's model is a Lenovo G550. On normal use, when I enter 'x server' and check the Thermal Settings the GPU temperature is always around 70 degrees Celsius.
When playing a normal flash game that temperature rises drastically and eventually causes my laptop to shut itself off. I never had that problem back when I used windows and I don't want to revert back to it.
Help?

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#1

Are there any bugs reported?
Do you have the latest BIOS?

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Nemo (liapman) said : 		#2

Thanks for your reply.
I'm not getting any error messages if that's what you're asking. Plus I don't know whether I have the latest BIOS or not, how do I check?

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#3

Manufacturers site, you can see your BIOS version when you first power on the system, or you can enter setup using the shown key (Usually DEL or F1 or F2)

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Nemo (liapman) said : 		#4

Bios version: 18CN37WW (V2.10).

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#5

There is a 18CN44WW on the Lenovo website, I suggest you grab it. It may have ACPI fixes.

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Nemo (liapman) said : 		#6

The update is of the '*.exe' file type. I have only Ubuntu installed, will it run?

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#7

You will need a windows OS to apply it

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Nemo (liapman) said : 		#8

So there is no other method that doesn't require me to revert back to Windows?

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Nemo (liapman) said : 		#9

Found a solution. Had to open my laptops lid and clean up the vents. They were clogged by dust. Thanks anyway :)