Laptop gets very hot while running Ubuntu...not a problem with XP

I dual-boot Ubuntu and XP. While running Ubuntu my laptop get pretty hot. Heat is not an issue for me on XP. If I can solve this problem, I'm going to drop XP all together.

I've searched around on the net for fixes. All threads seem to suggest running lm-sensors and hddtemp. I've gotten them installed but always get errors when I try to set them up and run them.

Anyone have experience with these aps or how to lower my temps in Ubuntu?

Thanks!

 

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Oh wow! Where are you getting the temperature information from? BIOS or from the operating system? I can't imagine Linux putting a greater demand on the system than XP!

 

I don't actually know the temps for sure. I can just feel the heat difference with my hand.

As a sort of "test" I played around in ubuntu for a while and then quickly rebooted into windows and ran Everest. Everest gave me a CPU temp of 56 C, so I'm making an educated guess that my CPU reaches about 60 C while running Ubuntu.

Now that I've been in XP for a bit, by CPU is at about 46 C.

btw, I can't access temp info from my BIOS.