[ltp] Re: Linux-Thinkpad digest, Vol 1 #2697 - 2 msgs

[Petar Milin]

Any thoughts about how to low down fan speed?

PM

On 18/09/10 12:01, linux-thinkpad-request@linux-thinkpad.org wrote:
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>     1. Fan speed increased on my T400s (Petar Milin)
>     2. Re: Fan speed increased on my T400s (Mark Altern)
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> Message: 1
> Date: Fri, 17 Sep 2010 19:32:13 +0200
> From: Petar Milin<pmilin@ff.uns.ac.rs>
> Organization: Department of Psychology, University of Novi Sad
> To: ThinkPad-HELP<linux-thinkpad@linux-thinkpad.org>
> Subject: [ltp] Fan speed increased on my T400s
> Reply-To: linux-thinkpad@linux-thinkpad.org
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> Hello ALL!
> I am using Debian testing i386 on my T400s. Typical fan speed was about
> 2700, but three days ago or so it went up to 3750. At the same time
> temperature does look fine: the hottest is the PCI 44 C, and the coolest
> is the battery 29 C. Temperatures are stable. I thing it is not
> necessary to have this fan speed with this temperature range, especially
> since temperature did not increased.
> Please, HELP!!!
> This worries me a bit. I had HP that died from overheating. In addition,
> when shutting down or reboot, I am getting two THERMAL WARNINGs, but
> that happend before too, even with Ubuntu 9.10, and I got an answer here
> that this should not bother me at all.
>
> Best,
> PM
>
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> Message: 2
> Date: Fri, 17 Sep 2010 14:38:30 -0500
> From: Mark Altern<mark.altern@gmail.com>
> To: linux-thinkpad@linux-thinkpad.org
> Subject: Re: [ltp] Fan speed increased on my T400s
> Reply-To: linux-thinkpad@linux-thinkpad.org
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> On 09/17/2010 12:32 PM, Petar Milin wrote:
>    
>> Hello ALL!
>> I am using Debian testing i386 on my T400s. Typical fan speed was
>> about 2700, but three days ago or so it went up to 3750. At the same
>> time temperature does look fine: the hottest is the PCI 44 C, and the
>> coolest is the battery 29 C. Temperatures are stable. I thing it is
>> not necessary to have this fan speed with this temperature range,
>> especially since temperature did not increased.
>> Please, HELP!!!
>> This worries me a bit. I had HP that died from overheating. In
>> addition, when shutting down or reboot, I am getting two THERMAL
>> WARNINGs, but that happend before too, even with Ubuntu 9.10, and I
>> got an answer here that this should not bother me at all.
>>
>> Best,
>> PM
>>
>>      
> My t400 fan runs at 1900rpm at idle. It shouldn't stay at 2700rpm at the
> first place.
>
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