[ltp] T61p CPU at 170-190F, while mostly idle

[David A. Desrosiers]

I think I have an overheating laptop problem. 

I have to constantly keep the fan at "full-speed", because if I don't,
I'll melt the pattern of the bottom of my T61p into the top of my thighs
when I use it. 

Right now, the CPU is at "Automatic" scaling, 800Mhz, and the CPU is at
154F. It was at 178F with the fan set to "Auto" a few minutes ago, but I
had to turn the speed up so it would cool down even more. 

I've unloaded every module I can think of except those required for wifi
(ath_pci), sound (snd_hda_intel and friends), and the block encryption
of my drive (dm_crypt, aes_x86_64 and friends) and a few others.

What else can I do to keep the CPU temperature down to a tolerable
level? The load on the machine is currently: 

top - 12:56:07 up 1 day,  1:41,  6 users,  load average: 0.25, 0.84, 1.10
Tasks: 162 total,   1 running, 161 sleeping,   0 stopped,   0 zombie
Cpu(s): 16.5%us,  1.3%sy,  0.1%ni, 81.4%id,  0.1%wa,  0.0%hi,  0.5%si,  0.0%st
Mem:   3985496k total,  2984960k used,  1000536k free,      396k buffers
Swap:  5119992k total,       16k used,  5119976k free,  1823628k cached

I'm lost as to why this runs so darn hot *ALL* the time. 

I hate having the fan on full-speed, because it is SOOOOO loud, and
causes me to grit my teeth as I work because of the noise.

Thanks.