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[ubuntu] MSI GX623 runs hot/battery time affected

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http://ubuntuforums.org – Hi guys, so 1. i am dualbooting latest ubuntu (10.04 beta1 fully updated) via wubi 2. main operating system is win7 (everything runs completely fine) 3. battery time on windows = 2h 30min, linux = 1h 20min to get to my problem 1. i tried 9.10,10.04 on both ubuntu version "everything" runs pretty solid except laptop fan runs much faster and laptop is noticeable hotter 2. CPU scaling works just fine 3. i tried AMD ATI drivers on 9.10 (i had video playback problems and i had some bad delay maximizing windows, etc) laptop was (Hardware)

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