Re: Thinkpads running hot

[Jonas Petersson <zap-7RBX4Gk6oWI@public.gmane.org>]

Hi Thomas,

Thomas Renninger wrote:
> I got several reports of Thinkpads shutting down due critical temp limit.
> Here are some more:
> [...]
> 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.

Have these Thinkpads been in use for a while? My 1.5 year old ASUS would
occasionally turn off like that and initially I assumed it was either a
bug or my hardware being close to death. However, when I pulled it apart
I found that the way out from the fans were partially blocked by a layer
of dust.  After I cleaned that out it runs ~20 degrees cooler which
seems to solve the problem (and it is less noisy too).

In fact, it also seems to have solved my earlier suspend2 issue which
would have a seemingly random failure once every two weeks just when X
should be refreshed during the final stages of resume.

			Best / Jonas
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