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

[Michael Karcher]

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Am Freitag, den 20.06.2008, 12:59 -0400 schrieb David A. Desrosiers:
> What else can I do to keep the CPU temperature down to a tolerable
> level? The load on the machine is currently:=20
>=20
> 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

Having 16.5% user is quite much for an unloaded computer, but it might
be related to starting top or something like that. But you will get much
more powerful and insightful numbers using powertop, including a C-state
overview.

> 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.

There were a couple of reports of dusted fans in T61 laptop on this
list. Maybe you could check the air path in your laptop and clean it?

Regards,
  Michael Karcher

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