Mt Thinkpads fan never turns off

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strekship · #1 Post by **strekship** » Wed Dec 08, 2004 12:59 am

My T21 has a somewhat noisey fan. I was wondering if there was some way to disable the fan temporarily when silence in a classroom environmet is needed. The dell laptops at my school are silent. I know that my thinkpad can be quiet too because if i am changeing bios settings, and i let it idol for long enough while in the bios, the fans turn off and it is silent.

strekship · #2 Post by **strekship** » Wed Dec 08, 2004 4:53 pm

52 views and no answers? No one has any idea of how to do this?

SimonCC · #3 Post by **SimonCC** » Wed Dec 08, 2004 5:44 pm

disabling the fan wuld not be a good idea as your CPU obviously needs it, a friend of mine disabled his for a while and it caused his CPU to sweat, his laptop was drenched from the inside!- this was not a tp, it was a sony but still, you get the picture. Even when my t42 is apparently silent, the fan is still ticking over to some extent, so in answer to question, unless you can find a specific hardware problem that can be fixed you are gonna have to deal with it.

beeblebrox · #4 Post by **beeblebrox** » Thu Dec 09, 2004 6:49 am

Hi SimonCC,
that's a strange behavior of your T21. I got the same model and I almost completely forgot that there was a fan on it.
It is very rare, that it turns on, usually only when watching DVDs.
If it does not turn off, install Mobilemeter and check the temperature and at the same time, if there is some program in the backgorund that sucks up CPU time.
again, the T21 should be absolutely silent. When the HD turns off (in typing in Word) the machine is dead silent.

SimonCC · #5 Post by **SimonCC** » Thu Dec 09, 2004 8:50 am

Ummm...i gather you mean "hi strekship"

strekship · #6 Post by **strekship** » Fri Dec 10, 2004 12:24 am

mobil meter said that it was running at 60c when it was ideling, and 75-80 when plaing Quake 3. I heard that the fan system in the t22 is better. Anyone got any idea of where i can get one cheap? The fan that is, not the whole system.

strekship · #7 Post by **strekship** » Fri Dec 10, 2004 1:08 am

Maby this will help:
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Everest Report:

Computer:
Operating System Microsoft Windows XP Professional
OS Service Pack Service Pack 2
Internet Explorer 6.0.2900.2180 (IE 6.0 SP2)
DirectX 4.09.00.0904 (DirectX 9.0c)
Computer Name THINKPAD_T21
User Name Ian

Motherboard:
CPU Type Mobile Intel Pentium IIIE, 800 MHz (8 x 100)
Motherboard Name IBM 26474AU
Motherboard Chipset Intel 82440BX/ZX
System Memory 256 MB (SDRAM)
BIOS Type Phoenix (04/28/04)
Communication Port Communications Port (COM1)
Communication Port Printer Port (LPT1)

Display:
Video Adapter S3 Graphics Savage/IX 1014 (8 MB)
Video Adapter S3 Graphics Savage/IX 1014 (8 MB)
Monitor Default Monitor (93516843009)
Monitor IBM ThinkPad 1024x768 TFT LCD (93516843009)
Monitor Generic Television (93516843009)

Multimedia:
Audio Adapter Cirrus Logic CS4614/22/24 CrystalClear SoundFusion Audio Accelerator

Storage:
IDE Controller Intel(R) 82371AB/EB PCI Bus Master IDE Controller
SCSI/RAID Controller A347SCSI SCSI Controller
Disk Drive IBM-DJSA-220 (20 GB, 4200 RPM, Ultra-ATA/66)
Optical Drive AXV CD/DVD-ROM SCSI CdRom Device (Virtual DVD-ROM)
Optical Drive HITACHI DVD-ROM GD-S200 (8x/24x DVD-ROM)
SMART Hard Disks Status OK

Partitions:
C: (NTFS) 19069 MB (5274 MB free)

Input:
Keyboard Standard 101/102-Key or Microsoft Natural PS/2 Keyboard
Mouse IBM PS/2 TrackPoint

Network:
Network Adapter Intel(R) PRO/100+ MiniPCI (192.168.0.108)
Network Adapter VMware Virtual Ethernet Adapter for VMnet1 (192.168.110.1)
Network Adapter VMware Virtual Ethernet Adapter for VMnet8 (192.168.122.1)
Modem Communications cable between two computers
Modem Xircom MPCI+ Modem 56 WinGlobal

Peripherals:
USB1 Controller Intel 82371AB/EB PIIX4 - USB Host Controller
Battery Microsoft AC Adapter
Battery Microsoft ACPI-Compliant Control Method Battery

strekship · #8 Post by **strekship** » Fri Dec 10, 2004 1:37 am

Never mind about the fan. Its my HDD. I took out the HDD and turned my laptop on, and it was dead silent. I put in the HDD and it was its normal volume. Is there anything i can do?

strekship · #9 Post by **strekship** » Fri Dec 10, 2004 1:59 am

ok, i recorded the sound with the microphone:
http://us.f2.yahoofs.com/bc/41b94869_2d ... BBMlddYrRk

skanky · #10 Post by **skanky** » Fri Dec 10, 2004 3:36 am

get a new hard drive?

JD24 · #11 Post by **JD24** » Fri Dec 10, 2004 3:44 am

@shrekship

Sorry for beeing OT but what windows theme do
you use?

Thx, JD

beeblebrox · #12 Post by **beeblebrox** » Fri Dec 10, 2004 12:15 pm

hello shrekship,

I just checked my T20 (with a 900 Mhz) and the idle temperture is around 40°C and with iTunes playing for hours at about 49°C.

I guess you might have a little insulator CPU problem??

strekship · #13 Post by **strekship** » Fri Dec 10, 2004 6:38 pm

I guess im going to buy a new hdd and cooling system for my laptop.

strekship · #14 Post by **strekship** » Fri Dec 10, 2004 6:54 pm

JD24 wrote:@shrekship

Sorry for beeing OT but what windows theme do
you use?

Thx, JD

I use wotercolor lite. I realy like it much better than the windows xp luna theme.

Mt Thinkpads fan never turns off

Mt Thinkpads fan never turns off

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