CPU temperature Thinkpad R61

[Christoph Höger]

Am Donnerstag, den 15.10.2009, 17:34 -0500 schrieb Mikkel:
> Christoph Höger wrote:
> > Hi,
> > 
> > I just wondered why my fan always runs after a while. After closing
> > firefox (which took 50% cpu along with X) I now have a load of roughly
> > 0.06 - barely nothing computed at all. Both cores are in the lowest
> > config and yet my cpu temperature goes from 42°C to 47°C in roughly 2
> > minutes (and back by fan activity).
> > 
> > I would understand this if there was some load, but what causes my CPU
> > to heat if it does nothing? Design failure? Has anybody seen such a
> > thing?
> > 
> > regards
> > 
> > Christoph
> > 
> When was the last time you cleaned the dust out? Also are the air
> vents on the laptop clear when in use?

I am aware of that dust thing (I am going to give a compressor a try),
but the heat goes up when the notebook and the fan is idle. That should
not have anything to do with dust, right?

regards

Christoph
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