High CPU usage, load average and system temperature

Sudhir Khanger sudhir at sudhirkhanger.com
Wed Aug 27 22:18:13 UTC 2014


On Tuesday, August 26, 2014 03:36:27 PM Tod Merley wrote:
> 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.p
> df
> 
> 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)

I have a few things to rule out before I do that. I have to make sure Baloo, 
the Plasma desktop indexer and CoW is active throughout on my system including 
on folders that contain VM images, aren't the usual suspencts.

-- 
Sudhir Khanger,
http://sudhirkhanger.com
http://github.com/donniezazen


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