[ltp] T41p CPU temperature with a zero load ?

[Rob Browning]

Fran=E7ois Fleuret <francois.fleuret@epfl.ch> writes:

> I recently bought a T41p. The fan seems to never stop working, and I
> was wondering if there may be something wrong here. Even with a null
> load (i.e. uptime returns 0.0 0.0 0.0), acpi -V returns a CPU
> temperature of 50.0 degrees C. This in a pretty cool environnement
> (maybe 21 degrees).

Running 2.6.5, ACPI, enhanced speedstep, and powernowd, the machine's
not doing anything special right now, and it's at 42.0C.

> Also, there is a slightly annoying vibration in the keyboard. This was
> not the case with my beloved 570e. Is that standard too ?

I wonder if that might be the fan on high.

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