T41 2373 NG9 - Fan Noise

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holberg19 · #1 Post by **holberg19** » Sun May 21, 2006 7:43 pm

Hi folks

My T41 is acting weird (or is it? you tell me). The fan noise is loud! Even when only surfing on the internet, it gets pretty hot and the fan is very loud. Is anyone out there using a T41 that can tell me if they are experiencing the same problem?

Best regards

Morten

gunston · #2 Post by **gunston** » Sun May 21, 2006 10:28 pm

Try this:
1. Centrino Hardware Control (undervolt CPU)
http://forum.thinkpads.com/viewtopic.php?t=11988

2. RMClock + FanControl Utilities.
http://forum.thinkpads.com/viewtopic.php?t=17715

hope it works fine with your T41.

christopher_wolf · #3 Post by **christopher_wolf** » Mon May 22, 2006 3:52 am

holberg19 wrote:Hi folks

My T41 is acting weird (or is it? you tell me). The fan noise is loud! Even when only surfing on the internet, it gets pretty hot and the fan is very loud. Is anyone out there using a T41 that can tell me if they are experiencing the same problem?

Best regards

Morten

What kind of temperatures are you getting?

holberg19 · #4 Post by **holberg19** » Mon May 22, 2006 6:48 am

Temp was about 50-52 but the fan was running fast as hell for some reason?

I have downloaded the Fan Control Utiliy and im running at 49-50 degrees with the fan level at 0 during browsing and emailing. These are my settings:

Level=47 0
Level=51 1
Level=55 3
Level=60 7
Level=70 128

But, pretty weird. Im doing the same things on the PC, but at excessive fan rpm the CPU is 3-4 degrees warmer than with the fan off... Makes no sence.

Didnt undervolt the CPU.

Best regards

Morten

christopher_wolf · #5 Post by **christopher_wolf** » Mon May 22, 2006 7:20 pm

Strange, as 50-52 is pretty normal for being plugged into AC and the fan shouldn't be on max.

Now you have to tweak the TP FCU a tad to get it to fix that.

Just one more thought, the GPU or PCI aren't running high are they?

holberg19 · #6 Post by **holberg19** » Mon May 22, 2006 8:03 pm

The FCU has fixed the fans extreme RPM's at about the same temps.

The GPU is at the same lvl as the CPU - PCI temps are not available.

At this moment the TP has the following temps (3 firefox windows and a few other minor programs running):

CPU 50°C (0x78)
APS 46°C (0x79)
PCM 33°C (0x7a)
GPU 51°C (0x7b)
BAT 34°C (0x7c)
BAT 31°C (0x7e)
BUS 0°C (0xc0)
PCI 0°C (0xc1)
PWR 0°C (0xc2)

@ fan lvl 2 (3063 RPM) using FCU.

When I cange it to bios it goes to 3602 RPM.

gunston · #7 Post by **gunston** » Wed May 24, 2006 4:29 am

that temperatures are pretty normal..
no worry

cmarti · #8 Post by **cmarti** » Sat May 27, 2006 7:32 am

There is a post by FTC here that speaks about lubricating the fan so it don't make to much sound that might help

gunston · #9 Post by **gunston** » Sat May 27, 2006 9:31 am

how to lubricate the fan?
what materials will be used to it,? cooking oil?

cmarti · #10 Post by **cmarti** » Sat May 27, 2006 11:24 am

Here is the link for the post:

http://forum.thinkpads.com/viewtopic.ph ... hlight=ftc

All the info is there.

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