Thinkpads Forum

I have a brand new X60 laptop and my question is the CPU fan is pretty loud is there a way to adjust the noise of the fan in the Windows Settings. All the vents for my X60 laptop are not covered.
I'm using my laptop for 15 minutes and the fan noise is pretty loud.
Need help with this............

http://sourceforge.net/projects/tp4xfancontrol/

Download it and edit the .ini file after reading the readme file. Be careful to follow the instructions.

It works on my X60s so I can't imagine why it wouldn't work on the X60.

Another option is to change the Thinkpad Power Management settings to use less CPU power...there's also a binary setting for "optimizing fan control"

You might also google Notebook Hardware Control...you can more directly control your processor speed and voltage in the program. RMclock is another utility some people use to manage CPU usage/voltage.

Good luck.

smvp6459 wrote:You might also google Notebook Hardware Control...you can more directly control your processor speed and voltage in the program. RMclock is another utility some people use to manage CPU usage/voltage.

NHC is definitely the way to go. The fan in my X31 (which basically has a higher power-consumption CPU!) almost never turns on ...

To my knowledge NHC does not allow undervolting core duos. This makes is quite useless.

surg wrote:To my knowledge NHC does not allow undervolting core duos. This makes is quite useless.

This is only partially true...

On the X60s you can't lower the voltage below .95 volts but NHC can change the voltage for other steps in the processor

The 6x multiplier is normally .95v but 7,8,9,10 are higher voltages, which you can lower.

Someone with an X60 might want to comment on what the 6x multiplier voltage normally is and what is the lowest voltage you can bring it down to is.