[ltp] the fan of ThinkPad X1 Carbon 4th starts quite often lately

[Carles Pina i Estany]

Hi,

On Apr/11/2020, Uwe Brauer wrote:
> >>> "LF" == Luca Fornasari <luca.fornasari at gmail.com> writes:
> 
>    > Uwe,
>    > Have you considered the idea of changing the thermal paste between the processor and the fan?
>    > Trust me ... there is no culprit in the OS ... it's the thermal paste.
> 
> Oops, you mean a hardware problem. That is really bad, because in the

I wouldn't completely rule out a software problem.

Easy way: when it gets hot execute "top" and see if any process is using
100% of the CPU (%CPU is the name of the column). I had occasions that
some software (a daemon, a web tab, etc.) used all the CPU making the
processor hot.

Using a CPU monitor in your window manager / desktop might help as well.
Be aware that some of them like the LXDE one might show the CPU as 25%
(if you have 4 cores) but it might still get hot under this
circumstancies. "top" would show 100%

Good luck,

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Carles Pina i Estany