Thinkpads running hot

[Thomas Renninger <trenn-l3A5Bk7waGM@public.gmane.org>]

Hi,

I got several reports of Thinkpads shutting down due critical temp limit.
Here are some more:
http://mailman.linux-thinkpad.org/pipermail/linux-thinkpad/2005-August/thread.html

I have no idea yet, but it seems as if the fan control does not work as expected.

I got a good hint that helps a bit for some models (Xorg.conf - graphics card tweaking):
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>Could you please tell me the card and how to solve it
> (just curious)?

ATI FireGL mobility T2, Option "DynamicClocks" "on". This way the temperature
of the gfx card goes down from ~ 98°C to 56°C, when idling over night it goes
down to 48°C and the fan stops completely.
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Still when the processor is on load the critical temperature is reached quickly
(1-3 minutes?).

Thinkpads are widespread and I wonder whether others have experienced that problem
and whether it only exists on current kernels or got it solved somehow.

Thanks,

     Thomas


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