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Hey, I changed out my 2.26Ghz processor to a 2.8Ghz processor on my W500. I noticed however, that my fan pretty much runs all the time. My cousin has a T somethin, and his stays silent unless he starts doing heavy work on it. I don't really know how much the fan ran before I dropped in the processor since I did it the same day I got my W500. How much does the fan run on your W500s? I'm thinking I just didn't put enough thermal compound on the processor myself.

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The fan on my W500 with a 2.8 CPU can't be heard until you push the machine hard. While just doing web browsing, office applications etc. it is dead silent.

ajkula66 wrote:Welcome to the forum!

The fan on my T500 with a 2.8 CPU can't be heard until you push the machine hard. While just doing web browsing, office applications etc. it is dead silent.

This report, mirrors my experience with the new W500 I've had for about three weeks now. I've used mine for work daily in which I use some very resource intensive applications, thus the need for a workstation class ThinkPad with the fastest processor (2.8GHz), lots of ram (4GB), and a 7200 rpm hard drive. Under regular computing tasks it's very cool and quiet, when pushed hard the sound of the fan is not an annoyance, and it controls the temps quite nicely. I'm very pleased with my new W500.

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Alright, sounds like i'll have to put more thermal compound then... thanks.

I didn't think this needed a new thread BUT... Does anyone know any CPU/GPU monitoring software for the W500? It seems right now the 5700 GL is still to new for any temperature monitoring software i've come across so far. I just came across a close call playing Tom Clancy's Endwar and my laptop just turned off and wouldn't turn back on. Immediately I cooled it down with a fan and it still wouldn't turn on. I was just about to call Lenovo and getting ready to fish out more than couple hundred dollars for repair I don't have when I took out my battery and put it back in then SUCCESS! Anyways I'd figure there would be an automatic restart or something if the temperature got to hot, but I was probably pushing the limits then; I havent had enough time to put more thermal compound on, but I should probably get to it before anymore heavy loads. So yea... anyone have success in finding some software that's recent enough to work with the chipset?

I recall reading in a thread here (which of course I can't locate right now) that troubadix was working on a new version of TPFC for machines with switchable graphics. You may want to drop him a line and see what's what...

thanks alot, I found it and it's working great. Also put some more thermal compound on and saw about a 10-14 degree difference in idle temperatures. Much bigger difference in heavy loads.