I have the same experiences as commetdog in comment #30 and Gert van Dijk in comment #20
The only way I can actually get the CPU cool is by running the fan at full-speed (~6000RPM). The other fan speeds only slow the heat increase. I've patched thinkfan to allow level 127 (full-speed), and (thus far) added the following to thinkfan.conf: ... (7, 54, 85) (127, 75, 32767) This means that once we hit 85C, the fan goes to full speed, and does not come back down until we're at or below 75C. And, as a general rule, those are the only two rules that get exercised by my system (T61p). ** Summary changed: - Thinkpad x201* overheats due to slow fans when on 'auto' + Thinkpads overheat due to slow fans when on 'auto' -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/751689 Title: Thinkpads overheat due to slow fans when on 'auto' To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/751689/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
