High CPU usage, load average and system temperature

[Tod Merley]

Well just in case you get a hankering to get inside the box (yes always a
risk):

Google search string " thinkpad t420 manual pdf "

Link chosen from results:
http://download.lenovo.com/ibmdl/pub/pc/pccbbs/mobiles_pdf/t420_t420i_hmm.pdf

Result: very usable full manual on the box.

Procedure for replacement of the CMOS battery (to them the "Backup Battery"
p/n(s) 02K7078 04w1642) - it is under the keyboard

http://www.amazon.com/IBM-02K7078-Backup-Battery-ThinkPad/dp/B000COO5VY

http://www.amazon.com/IBM-Lenovo-Thinkpad-CMOS-battery/dp/B004MSS70Q/ref=pd_cp_pc_0

http://www.impactcomputers.com/04w1642.html    (note: most likely accurate
for your model but others likely to work)


On Tue, Aug 26, 2014 at 11:14 AM, jd1008 <jd1008 at gmail.com> wrote:

>
> On 08/25/2014 11:37 PM, Sudhir Khanger wrote:
>
>> On Mon, Aug 25, 2014 at 11:35 PM, jd1008 <jd1008 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> perhaps you will have to accept the consequences :) :)
>>>
>> I think it's more than fan or GPU load issue. There are two reasons.
>> Firstly, GPUs are not suddenly start eating CPU one day. System has
>> been running fine for 3 years and months on exactly same setup.
>> Secondly, if you look into this screenshot[1] I have just booted ON
>> the laptop and it was already running at 84C. The only thing that was
>> started was Chrome newtab. You see load is way to high but none of the
>> processes are taking up too much resources.
>>
>> [1] http://i.imgur.com/0cBa9eg.png
>>
>>  I would not put it past the google developers to have put in code
> in their browser to do things you you are not expecting.
> I do not use it.
> Also, I asked friends using Apples and Chrome. Some say all is
> well, other report different problems.
>
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