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Re: Trouble shooting a "thinkfan" problem on a Lenovo T430 Thinkpad

From Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net>
Newsgroups linux.debian.user
Subject Re: Trouble shooting a "thinkfan" problem on a Lenovo T430 Thinkpad
Date 2017-01-01 17:00 +0100
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On 12/31/2016 8:50 AM, Richard Owlett wrote:
>
> One thing that continues to bother me is that thinkfan is
> disabled by default because an improper parameter could damage
> the computer. If that is true, why isn't the fan always on? The
> documentation I've found indicates it's original motivation was
> to reduce power consumption and acoustic noise. ??? ;/
>

A comment on another forum prompted me to run a Live Jesse MATE 
on my T43 (a dedicated Windows box). The fan speed actually 
increased. That gave me confidence to run some additional test on 
the T430. Caught the fan running once. Ran my existing install 
for about an hour without catching fan running. Quit and 
immediately booted Windows. Fan ran and exhaust air seemed safely 
cool. I'll do a complete reload after chasing down appropriate 
monitoring apps.

Thinkfan may be having problems. But something seems to be 
keeping me in safe territory.

More later.

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Trouble shooting a "thinkfan" problem on a Lenovo T430 Thinkpad Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net> - 2016-12-30 18:20 +0100
  Re: Trouble shooting a "thinkfan" problem on a Lenovo T430 Thinkpad Charlie Kravetz <cjk@teamcharliesangels.com> - 2016-12-31 04:10 +0100
    Re: Trouble shooting a "thinkfan" problem on a Lenovo T430 Thinkpad Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net> - 2016-12-31 10:20 +0100
      Re: Trouble shooting a "thinkfan" problem on a Lenovo T430 Thinkpad "Thomas Schmitt" <scdbackup@gmx.net> - 2016-12-31 11:30 +0100
        Re: Trouble shooting a "thinkfan" problem on a Lenovo T430 Thinkpad Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net> - 2016-12-31 14:00 +0100
          Re: Trouble shooting a "thinkfan" problem on a Lenovo T430 Thinkpad "Thomas Schmitt" <scdbackup@gmx.net> - 2016-12-31 15:10 +0100
            Re: Trouble shooting a "thinkfan" problem on a Lenovo T430 Thinkpad Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net> - 2016-12-31 16:00 +0100
              Re: Trouble shooting a "thinkfan" problem on a Lenovo T430 Thinkpad Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net> - 2017-01-01 17:00 +0100
                INTERIM Resolution - was [Re: Trouble shooting a "thinkfan" problem  on a Lenovo T430 Thinkpad] Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net> - 2017-01-02 03:20 +0100
                Re: INTERIM Resolution - was [Re: Trouble shooting a "thinkfan"  problem on a Lenovo T430 Thinkpad] Curt <curty@free.fr> - 2017-01-02 13:50 +0100
                Re: INTERIM Resolution - was [Re: Trouble shooting a "thinkfan" problem on a Lenovo T430 Thinkpad] Lisi Reisz <lisi.reisz@gmail.com> - 2017-01-02 14:00 +0100
                Re: INTERIM Resolution - was [Re: Trouble shooting a "thinkfan"  problem on a Lenovo T430 Thinkpad] Anthony Baldwin <baldwinlinguas@gmx.com> - 2017-01-02 14:30 +0100
          **MY INTERIM NOTES** Re: Trouble shooting a "thinkfan" problem on a  Lenovo T430 Thinkpad Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net> - 2016-12-31 15:40 +0100

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