Nonstop fan on T60p with _normal_ CPU/GPU temps?

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Bagels4All · #1 Post by **Bagels4All** » Tue Oct 09, 2007 3:47 pm

Hi,

The fan on my T60p never stops running. This one has the ATI FireGL 5250. I am using the "power saver" plan in Windows Vista, and I have enabled ATI Powerplay.

Tpfancontrol reports temps CPU-42, GPU-61, both at idle. Fan is BIOS controlled and never goes below 3300RPM.

I understand there are other topics on T60p fan issues, but they all deal with overheating, which I do not think is the problem here.

Any suggestions?

agarza · #2 Post by **agarza** » Wed Oct 10, 2007 9:06 am

Maybe upgrading the Embedded Controller would help

gunston · #3 Post by **gunston** » Wed Oct 10, 2007 9:36 am

X1400 graphic absolutely get hot

ibear · #4 Post by **ibear** » Wed Oct 10, 2007 11:48 am

If you want to experiment, you can use TPFanControl to set the fan speed to zero and see which temperature will the system idle at (make sure you set it back after the experiment).

In my case, I don't have a T60 but my X60 idles at about 42C degree when fan is bios controlled and 64C degree when fan is set to zero. Then if you are comfortable with the new temperature and you are willing to risk, you can use TPFanControl to control your fan so that it won't run below 65C degree (the new temperature).

Pascal_TTH · #5 Post by **Pascal_TTH** » Wed Oct 10, 2007 11:57 am

http://forum.thinkpads.com/viewtopic.php?t=25304

furrycute · #6 Post by **furrycute** » Wed Oct 10, 2007 5:45 pm

The fan on my T60p is also almost always on. It's low hum. During everyday use, when there is ambient noise around, you don't really notice it. You mostly notice this hum at night, when you are all alone by yourself, in a quiet room.

asianboyztn · #7 Post by **asianboyztn** » Fri Oct 12, 2007 10:26 pm

Bagels4All wrote:Hi,

The fan on my T60p never stops running. This one has the ATI FireGL 5250. I am using the "power saver" plan in Windows Vista, and I have enabled ATI Powerplay.

Tpfancontrol reports temps CPU-42, GPU-61, both at idle. Fan is BIOS controlled and never goes below 3300RPM.

I understand there are other topics on T60p fan issues, but they all deal with overheating, which I do not think is the problem here.

Any suggestions?

for another model what the fan does is cooling for cpu but for your model it doing for both cpu and gpu (ATI) so it's will running most time, dont be surprise about it, nothing wrong with it.

jamesqf · #8 Post by **jamesqf** » Fri Oct 12, 2007 11:30 pm

asianboyztn wrote: for another model what the fan does is cooling for cpu but for your model it doing for both cpu and gpu (ATI) so it's will running most time, dont be surprise about it, nothing wrong with it.

Yes there is something wrong with it. The fan makes noise, and I'm not willing to listen to this noise all day. Between their shipping delays and this noise issue, I've been stuck with this unusable $1800 machine for close to five months now.

For the original poster, there is an overheating issue. The fan has to run that fast on an idle system to prevent overheating. If you turn the fan off, you'll see temperature start to climb. With an idle system (98% of the time in C3/C4), it'll be at around 80C in 10-15 minutes. (I've never let it go any higher, though I expect it would.) I've never tried any sort of real work on the machine, so I don't know how it would cope with load, but I suspect not very well.

Bagels4All · #9 Post by **Bagels4All** » Sat Oct 13, 2007 4:54 pm

If you turn the fan off, you'll see temperature start to climb. With an idle system (98% of the time in C3/C4), it'll be at around 80C in 10-15 minutes.

You're right about this. Using tpfancontrol I shut off the fan, and after 15 minutes at idle it went from 59 CPU/64 GPU to 87 CPU/95 GPU.

Nonstop fan on T60p with _normal_ CPU/GPU temps?

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