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Thinkfan

Posted: Sun Nov 06, 2016 12:07 pm
by walrustahiti
Hi everyone,

I'm trying to use thinkfan on my X61s but could not find a reliable source for good values in /etc/thinkfan.conf
After reading a few forums for an hour or so, I've found that I needed these lines on /etc/thinkfan.conf :

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(0,     0,      55)
(1,     48,     60)
(2,     50,     61)
(3,     52,     63)
(4,     56,     65)
(5,     59,     66)
(7,     63,     78)
(127,   75,     32767)
The one thing that is worrying me is that I have a brand new SSD, and it seems I need to add a correction value for my hard drive temperature sensor... which seems to be sensor number 5. How would I do that and what is a nice correction value ? I've found this should work but anyone could confirm ?

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sensor /proc/acpi/ibm/thermal (0, 0, 0, 0, 15, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0)
Don't know if it makes any difference but I have a Samsung EVO 850 Drive (258 GB).

Re: Thinkfan

Posted: Mon Nov 07, 2016 6:43 pm
by jaspen-meyer
I use this

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(0,	0,	70)
(1,	70,	71)
(2,	71,	75)
(3,	75,	76)
(4,	76,	77)
(5,	77,	79)
(7,	79,	32767)

Re: Thinkfan

Posted: Tue Nov 08, 2016 12:11 pm
by walrustahiti
Thanks for your reply! So you don't use any correction value for your hard drive? What type of hard drive do you have?
Thanks again!

Re: Thinkfan

Posted: Tue Nov 08, 2016 1:14 pm
by Dekks
For my X61 machines i use 2,0,0,0,15,0,0,0,0,0,0, it has a ssd but i keep the 15 as it keeps the palmrest cooler while keeping the fan noise passable [for me]

bear in mind thinkfan uses the individual highest temp, it's either the CPU or GPU so personally i wouldnt lower the 5th temp too low even for a ssd given the full fat CPUs found in Thinkpads.

Re: Thinkfan

Posted: Wed Nov 09, 2016 1:55 am
by jaspen-meyer
walrustahiti wrote:Thanks for your reply! So you don't use any correction value for your hard drive? What type of hard drive do you have?
SSD from Intel.