[ltp] Weird CPU fan problem on T400, any help appreciated.

[Mark Altern]

One more thing:
To replicate this problem, open a flash video on youtube with high-def
resolution, instead of a regular one. And after a suspend and resume,
the fan will come back to be normal.

best,
Mark

On 7/27/10, Mark Altern <mark.altern@gmail.com> wrote:
> Update of the problem:
> After I update my linux kernel to 2.6.32-24-generic #38-Ubuntu, the
> fan start working properly, controlled by BIOS and acpi, for a week
> now, meaning fan speed goes up and down according thermal temps.
>
> Today, I suddenly heard the fan kick in again from 1830rmp to 2730rmp,
> while I was watching flash. Then I experiment with it again: keep
> watching flash, for 30min, (the flash has to last for a while,
> sometimes 20min, some times 30min, sometimes 45min), then you will
> find the fan stuck in a high speed even after you close all programs
> and cpu temp drops to 35C!
>
> This seems to be the way to replicate the problems: keep watching
> flash for a while, the flash will start speed up and stuck there,
> until you REBOOT, things come back to normal again.
>
> Damn flash, I have always hated them, but all websites rely so much on
> them (emails, banks)!
>
> On 7/19/10, Daniel Skorka <skorka@gmx.net> wrote:
>> On Sun, 18 Jul 2010 20:10:07 -0500
>> Mark Altern <mark.altern@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> I do not know powertop, which I also can not find anywhere in ubuntu.
>>
>> Strange. Have a look here: http://wiki.ubuntuusers.de/powertop. Maybe
>> it's in one of the extra repositories - I think they are called
>> universe, multiverse and the like?
>>
>> Daniel
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