Path: csiph.com!news.mixmin.net!eternal-september.org!feeder.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: jeshgrca Newsgroups: comp.sys.laptops.thinkpad Subject: Re: It normal cpu temperatures? Date: Sat, 25 Mar 2023 19:12:17 -0500 Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 18 Message-ID: <87bkkgjrq6.fsf@gmail.com> References: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="c3ae7e37f4e7ce5196172f3b841d735b"; logging-data="2526378"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX19iVDfiyPxAD1vJvPnQyZYycuR5Hqd4R6s=" User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Cancel-Lock: sha1:OkAt+6eAWy4y0xTat4Zb4YKRNMU= sha1:XmDT+kjCLGWk/MHujPP42AAsMSU= Xref: csiph.com comp.sys.laptops.thinkpad:491 "News@tin.it.no" writes: > It is normal that the temperature of the CPU of a Thinkpad T60 > is 61 degrees celsius, almost at rest? > If not, what could be the problem? 61 C is definitely within the accepatble operating range; my old Compaq laptop idles at about 50 C and CPUs generally have a maximum operating temp of 90 to 100 C. If you want it to run cooler, you can just take some compressed air to the vents. If you *really* want it to run cooler, follow Marco's advice and replace the thermal paste. Some Thermal Grizzly Cryonaut or something similar would most likely outperform old IBM/Lenovo thermal paste by a mile. -- "If you can't explain it simply, you don't understand it well enough." - Attributed to Albert Einstein