[ltp] Kick up the Fan.

Leon Brokken linux-thinkpad@linux-thinkpad.org
Tue, 02 Aug 2005 10:14:48 +0300


honey@gneek.com wrote:

> The fan is changing accordingly, from 3500 to only about 4000 - which
> doesn't seem a dramatic increase to me when so hot, as it runs at 3500
> permanently even when idling.  I'd be very happy for it to double in
> speed, make more noise, and cool me down a bit more.  I'm wondering
> if other people's fans go quicker than that in T40s/other Ts under
> high sustained load..

The fan on my T41 seems to have 3600 as the maximum speed. But it's been
sufficient as under heavy load (ripping dvd) the CPU temp went to max 82C.

Cheers, Leon.