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I have a T60 (2007-73U) with a 2GHZ CoreDuo, 100Gb, 4GB, x1400 512Video;

Anyway, the system in the last few days when under full CPU load is overheating and shutting down. When not under load it stays around 65-68degrees under load it's hitting near a 100 before just turning off.

I've updated to the latest BIOS on the Lenovo site, 2.21 I believe is the verison. I've run the PC Doctor in Windows and every piece of hardware checks out fine.

The system is in a room where the ambient temp is ~72 and I also purchased a Targus cooling pad today to see if it would help and it doesn't help a single bit...

Thoughts?

some random thoughts:

1. dusty fan..?

2. dead fan..?

3. poor contact between cpo and heat sink/fan assembly..?

there are my first 3 thoughts..

solutions:
1. vacuum the dust out, if there is any..
2.near vent.. wind..??
3. pull keyboard and fan and see what you see..
maybe add some arctic silver..?

upgrade the cpu to core 2 duo..
i did on my T60p UXGA and it runs a whole lot cooler..

When your Thinkpad starts to warm up, do you hear the fan going? If it is going, do you feel hot air blowing out the side and back?

I just had the fan replaced on my T60 with the exact same problem. Turns out it was a dusty fan... shame on me for not maintaining it. If it's under warranty, you may as well have them replace the fan. Then, once that's done make sure you blast air through it regularly to keep it clean. The tech who came and replaced it for me says that that's usually what he gets called to fix for T60's. If you blast air, use one of those compressed air canisters for computers and blow it through the side vent. The dust and grit should blast out of the back vent.

My laptop is being sent in for repairs for this as well. I know something's wrong considering my VGA out stopped working, but I tried playing CS:S today for a couple of minutes, and after it crashed, I got a 99C reading on the GPU, and 92C on the CPU. Something is seriously wrong here, and considering the machine seems to be dying it only makes sense to have it repaired.

I wonder how many machines a day the Easyserv Techs see that all they do is give the fan a blast with compressed air...pffffft....next, pffffft...next, pfffffft...next,

Harryc wrote:I wonder how many machines a day the Easyserv Techs see that all they do is give the fan a blast with compressed air...pffffft....next, pffffft...next, pfffffft...next,

Comical imagination.

Just as a follow-up and regretting being the lazy tech that I am, I popped off the keyboard and man the fan was caked with dust... blew it off and it seems better now. I'll let it run for a few days before placing a service call.

kroseler wrote:Just as a follow-up and regretting being the lazy tech that I am, I popped off the keyboard and man the fan was caked with dust... blew it off and it seems better now. I'll let it run for a few days before placing a service call.

You should clean not only the fan, but also your workspace constantly to avoid the problem happening again.

I work in a professional environment but the laptop travels back and forth and made it two + years without this happening. I try to keep my area clean, but I'm not always the best at it.