[ltp] Fan always on problem... does it happen on R52 with the Intel Media Graphics card?

[Eben King]

> > I'm thinking about buying an R52. I was pretty sure that this was the
> > laptop I needed but then I read about the "fan always on" problem
> 
> I've just got an ThinkPad R52 test laptop (i915 graphics), running it under
> all the supplied Windows configurations, the fan appears to be permanently
> on.
> 
> I would far prefer it to come at full speed for a minute and stay off for
> the next ten.

Don't think it can do that.  It can't be cooled past room temperature by a
fan alone, and that's probably not cool enough to last ten minutes uncooled.

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