Should the R40 Fan be on at all times?

[pt1209]

I had my Thinkpad apart to repair a Standby switch problem (which vanaya helped me greatly) and noticed the fan didn't come on while I had it open and running. Is there certain temp. it needs to hit before the fan comes on or am I looking at a fan replacement? Anyone know of a way to manually turn it on by a setting or software? Thanks all in advance!

[pt1209]

Did some research and found TPFanControl, the fan does work and I'm able to see and control how cool I want the cpu.

For reference:
http://www.staff.uni-marburg.de/~schmitzr/donate.html

Be Well

[sarbin]

here's just about all you might want to now about tpfc:
http://forum.thinkpads.com/viewtopic.php?t=18067
http://forum.thinkpads.com/viewtopic.php?t=17715
http://forum.thinkpads.com/viewtopic.php?t=18037


welcome to the forum.

[vanaya]

No problem on the pics, happy to save a TP!! Now as far as your fan here is a link to others cpu temps. A quick search found this

http://forum.thinkpads.com/viewtopic.php?t=59230

Mine hovers around 51c and fan kicks on at about 60c.

[unperson]

Thank your lucky stars you have one of the quietest computers ever made.

I just put down my t43 cuz it was hotter than satans oven and the fan never ever ever ever turned off..

I couldn't stand the constant noise..

I love my R40 and will never leave it again.. so peaceful and quite.