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[spoiler]katie@katie-HP-Pavilion-g6-Notebook-PC:~$ lspci -vnnn
00:00.0 Host bridge [0600]: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] RS880 Host Bridge [1022:9601]
Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Device [103c:1660]
Flags: bus master, 66MHz, medium devsel, latency 0
Capabilities:

00:01.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] RS780/RS880 PCI to PCI bridge (int gfx) [1022:9602] (prog-if 00 [Normal decode])
Flags: bus master, 66MHz, medium devsel, latency 64
Bus: primary=00, secondary=01, subordinate=01, sec-latency=0
I/O behind bridge: 00004000-00004fff
Memory behind bridge: f0300000-f04fffff
Prefetchable memory behind bridge: 00000000e0000000-00000000efffffff
Capabilities:
Kernel modules: shpchp

00:05.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] RS780 PCI to PCI bridge (PCIE port 1) [1022:9605] (prog-if 00 [Normal decode])
Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0
Bus: primary=00, secondary=02, subordinate=02, sec-latency=0
I/O behind bridge: 00003000-00003fff
Memory behind bridge: f0200000-f02fffff
Capabilities:
Kernel driver in use: pcieport
Kernel modules: shpchp

00:06.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] RS780 PCI to PCI bridge (PCIE port 2) [1022:9606] (prog-if 00 [Normal decode])
Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0
Bus: primary=00, secondary=03, subordinate=03, sec-latency=0
I/O behind bridge: 00002000-00002fff
Prefetchable memory behind bridge: 00000000f0000000-00000000f00fffff
Capabilities:
Kernel driver in use: pcieport
Kernel modules: shpchp

00:0a.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] RS780/RS880 PCI to PCI bridge (PCIE port 5) [1022:9609] (prog-if 00 [Normal decode])
Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0
Bus: primary=00, secondary=04, subordinate=04, sec-latency=0
Memory behind bridge: f0100000-f01fffff
Capabilities:
Kernel driver in use: pcieport
Kernel modules: shpchp

00:11.0 SATA controller [0106]: ATI Technologies Inc SB7x0/SB8x0/SB9x0 SATA Controller [AHCI mode] [1002:4391] (prog-if 01 [AHCI 1.0])
Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Device [103c:1660]
Flags: bus master, 66MHz, medium devsel, latency 64, IRQ 19
I/O ports at 5038 [size= 8]
I/O ports at 504c [size= 4]
I/O ports at 5030 [size= 8]
I/O ports at 5048 [size= 4]
I/O ports at 5010 [size= 16]
Memory at f0508000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=1K]
Capabilities:
Kernel driver in use: ahci
Kernel modules: ahci

00:12.0 USB Controller [0c03]: ATI Technologies Inc SB7x0/SB8x0/SB9x0 USB OHCI0 Controller [1002:4397] (prog-if 10 [OHCI])
Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Device [103c:1660]
Flags: bus master, 66MHz, medium devsel, latency 64, IRQ 18
Memory at f0507000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K]
Kernel driver in use: ohci_hcd

00:12.2 USB Controller [0c03]: ATI Technologies Inc SB7x0/SB8x0/SB9x0 USB EHCI Controller [1002:4396] (prog-if 20 [EHCI])
Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Device [103c:1660]
Flags: bus master, 66MHz, medium devsel, latency 64, IRQ 17
Memory at f0508600 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=256]
Capabilities:
Kernel driver in use: ehci_hcd

00:13.0 USB Controller [0c03]: ATI Technologies Inc SB7x0/SB8x0/SB9x0 USB OHCI0 Controller [1002:4397] (prog-if 10 [OHCI])
Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Device [103c:1660]
Flags: bus master, 66MHz, medium devsel, latency 64, IRQ 18
Memory at f0506000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K]
Kernel driver in use: ohci_hcd

00:13.2 USB Controller [0c03]: ATI Technologies Inc SB7x0/SB8x0/SB9x0 USB EHCI Controller [1002:4396] (prog-if 20 [EHCI])
Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Device [103c:1660]
Flags: bus master, 66MHz, medium devsel, latency 64, IRQ 17
Memory at f0508500 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=256]
Capabilities:
Kernel driver in use: ehci_hcd

00:14.0 SMBus [0c05]: ATI Technologies Inc SBx00 SMBus Controller [1002:4385] (rev 42)
Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Device [103c:1660]
Flags: 66MHz, medium devsel
Kernel modules: sp5100_tco, i2c-piix4

00:14.2 Audio device [0403]: ATI Technologies Inc SBx00 Azalia (Intel HDA) [1002:4383] (rev 40)
Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Device [103c:1660]
Flags: bus master, slow devsel, latency 64, IRQ 16
Memory at f0500000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16K]
Capabilities:
Kernel driver in use: HDA Intel
Kernel modules: snd-hda-intel

00:14.3 ISA bridge [0601]: ATI Technologies Inc SB7x0/SB8x0/SB9x0 LPC host controller [1002:439d] (rev 40)
Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Device [103c:1660]
Flags: bus master, 66MHz, medium devsel, latency 0

00:14.4 PCI bridge [0604]: ATI Technologies Inc SBx00 PCI to PCI Bridge [1002:4384] (rev 40) (prog-if 01 [Subtractive decode])
Flags: bus master, 66MHz, medium devsel, latency 64
Bus: primary=00, secondary=05, subordinate=05, sec-latency=64

00:14.5 USB Controller [0c03]: ATI Technologies Inc SB7x0/SB8x0/SB9x0 USB OHCI2 Controller [1002:4399] (prog-if 10 [OHCI])
Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Device [103c:1660]
Flags: bus master, 66MHz, medium devsel, latency 64, IRQ 18
Memory at f0505000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K]
Kernel driver in use: ohci_hcd

00:16.0 USB Controller [0c03]: ATI Technologies Inc SB7x0/SB8x0/SB9x0 USB OHCI0 Controller [1002:4397] (prog-if 10 [OHCI])
Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Device [103c:1660]
Flags: bus master, 66MHz, medium devsel, latency 64, IRQ 18
Memory at f0504000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K]
Kernel driver in use: ohci_hcd

00:16.2 USB Controller [0c03]: ATI Technologies Inc SB7x0/SB8x0/SB9x0 USB EHCI Controller [1002:4396] (prog-if 20 [EHCI])
Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Device [103c:1660]
Flags: bus master, 66MHz, medium devsel, latency 64, IRQ 17
Memory at f0508400 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=256]
Capabilities:
Kernel driver in use: ehci_hcd

00:18.0 Host bridge [0600]: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Family 10h Processor HyperTransport Configuration [1022:1200]
Flags: fast devsel
Capabilities:

00:18.1 Host bridge [0600]: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Family 10h Processor Address Map [1022:1201]
Flags: fast devsel

00:18.2 Host bridge [0600]: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Family 10h Processor DRAM Controller [1022:1202]
Flags: fast devsel
Kernel modules: amd64_edac_mod

00:18.3 Host bridge [0600]: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Family 10h Processor Miscellaneous Control [1022:1203]
Flags: fast devsel
Capabilities:
Kernel driver in use: k10temp
Kernel modules: k10temp

00:18.4 Host bridge [0600]: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Family 10h Processor Link Control [1022:1204]
Flags: fast devsel

01:05.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: ATI Technologies Inc M880G [Mobility Radeon HD 4200] [1002:9712] (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])
Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Device [103c:1660]
Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 18
Memory at e0000000 (32-bit, prefetchable) [size=256M]
I/O ports at 4000 [size=256]
Memory at f0400000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=64K]
Memory at f0300000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=1M]
Expansion ROM at [disabled]
Capabilities:
Kernel driver in use: radeon
Kernel modules: radeon

01:05.1 Audio device [0403]: ATI Technologies Inc RS880 Audio Device [Radeon HD 4200] [1002:970f]
Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Device [103c:1660]
Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 19
Memory at f0410000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16K]
Capabilities:
Kernel driver in use: HDA Intel
Kernel modules: snd-hda-intel

02:00.0 Network controller [0280]: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8188CE 802.11b/g/n WiFi Adapter [10ec:8176] (rev 01)
Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Device [103c:1629]
Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 17
I/O ports at 3000 [size=256]
Memory at f0200000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16K]
Capabilities:
Kernel driver in use: rtl8192ce
Kernel modules: rtl8192ce

03:00.0 Ethernet controller [0200]: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8101E/RTL8102E PCI Express Fast Ethernet controller [10ec:8136] (rev 05)
Subsystem: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8101E/RTL8102E PCI Express Fast Ethernet controller [10ec:8136]
Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 43
I/O ports at 2000 [size=256]
Memory at f0004000 (64-bit, prefetchable) [size=4K]
Memory at f0000000 (64-bit, prefetchable) [size=16K]
Capabilities:
Kernel driver in use: r8169
Kernel modules: r8169

04:00.0 Unassigned class [ff00]: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. Device [10ec:5209] (rev 01)
Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Device [103c:165c]
Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 18
Memory at f0100000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K]
Capabilities:
Kernel driver in use: rts_pstor
Kernel modules: rts_pstor

katie@katie-HP-Pavilion-g6-Notebook-PC:~$[/spoiler]

there you go Mark. by the way, the blackout screen crap is happening more and more often, it’s getting so hot it’s a nightmare to type sometimes and juts generally going to pot!!! HELP please =)

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Does the caps light flash when it happens to you?

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OK, for the overheating/temperature control issue, lets try this …

Install lm-sensors and cpufrequtils:

sudo apt-get install lm-sensors cpufrequtils

Now set up the sensors:

sudo sensors-detect

answer yes (y) to all the questions it asks.

OK now to add a kernel boot parameter, open /etc/default/grub for editing:

sudo gedit /etc/default/grub

Find the line that reads:-

GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="quiet splash"

(I realise your line has an extra option we added earlier, but remove that option and replace it with the new one)

and change it so it reads:-

GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="quiet splash acpi_osi=Linux"

SAVE the file and exit gedit.

back in the terminal, run:

sudo update-grub

When that command has finished and you are back at an $ prompt … REBOOT.

Hopefully your laptop will run cooler … let me know.

As for the wireless issue that’s locking your system, I’m still looking for a solution … I may be onto something but need to go through the output you sent first.

Can you send the output from:

sudo iwlist scan
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OK, for the wireless issue, let’s try this …

First make sure dkms and ppa-purge are installed:

sudo apt-get install dkms ppa-purge

Now add the ppa:lexical/hwe-wireless PPA:

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:lexical/hwe-wireless

Update the package cache:

sudo apt-get update

Install the rtl8192ce-dkms package:

sudo apt-get install rtl8192ce-dkms

And finally … REBOOT

Any problems, connect by cable and let me know.