[ltp] T60 Fan speed

[Gabriel Rossetti]

Alfredo Matos wrote:
> Hi,
>
> My laptop is getting very hot under extremely heavy loads, and i'm
> trying to increase fan speed, but it stays very silent, which makes me
> wonder if it is actually running at full speed. ibm-acpi says the
> following:
>
> $ cat /proc/acpi/ibm/fan 
> status:         enabled
> speed:          3767
> level:          7
>
> This is the maximum i can set. I read on Thinkwiki.org that the T60
> reaches 4500 rpms. 
>
> Can anyone confirm this ?
>
> Best regards,
>
> Alfredo Matos
>
>   
I just got my fan changed Friday, I had the same symptoms, so they 
changed my fan, it was filled with dust, so maybe try to clean it? A 
friend told me that you can get a can of pressurized air to blow in the 
fan area to unlodge dust, I haven't tried this though.

Best regards,
Gabriel