[ltp] Fan speed in disengaged mode

[BioHazard]

Michael Karcher wrote:
>> I had a serious thermal problem with my laptop, that is,
>> temperature was around 70-80°C even when the CPU was idle, with
>> fan in "disengaged mode" [1] (/proc/acpi/ibm/fan reported fan
>> was running at 5800 RPM).
>.
>... If the airflow is blocked ...


Oh man, I've been having a terrible overheating problem for the last 6
months and it never occurred to me to clean the fan. D'oh! There was a
0.5cm across dust ball in my poor T60!

I can't believe I didn't think of that! I must turn in my Geek Card...
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