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Hello. I've been following the threads dealing with the high T60 temperatures and the constant fan activity. My question for you guys: My T60 Widescreen is actually quite cool, with the TP Fan Control reporting CPU and GPU temperatures usually around 48-50 degrees, very rarely more than 50 unless I'm doing a lot on the system. Yet, the fan seems to come on every minute or two, stay on for a minute, then turn off, and so on. So the fan is on quite often. For those of you with the high temps, does your fan just never shut off? Is my fan on more than it should be, or is that about the frequency the rest of you are experiencing?

Also, has anyone had any luck updating the BIOS to resolve the fan issue?

Thanks

These are my current temps:

CPU 71°C (0x78)
APS 40°C (0x79)
PCM 39°C (0x7a)
GPU 75°C (0x7b)
BAT 34°C (0x7c)
BAT 31°C (0x7e)
BUS 42°C (0xc0)
PCI 54°C (0xc1)
PWR 54°C (0xc2)

I have Outlook, AIM, WMP, VS2005 and Visio running currently. My fan never shuts off but on the other hand my hand is really quiet so I hardly ever hear it. I have the latest BIOS as well.

The fan on my TP 60 WS - 6371 CTO, 1 gb, Core 2 Duo, comes on for about two minutes every hour when calculating in very large XCEL spread sheets (~2000 rows x ~156 columns). The fan is extremely quiet even when it is on.