ThinkPad CPU 53-60°C

From: Dallas Hansen <commercial_d(at)hotmail.com>
Date: Sun Feb 03 2008 - 05:08:53 EST

I'm running Debian Etch 4.0r2 on my ThinkPad T30, 512mb ram. Noticing it felt hot under light-to-moderate CPU loads, I installed the Gnome Hardware Sensors Monitor applet which indicates average CPU temperatures between 53-60°C, putting it within the applet's red zone. Is this a healthy or acceptable temerature range or should I take action? I have heard it suggested that I open the box and blast the CPU fan with compressed air, which I will do, but is there any software-related solution that will increase the fan's speed under higher temperatures? Under previous Linux installations (Ubuntu, Suse, Mepis) and Windows the fan's speed would vary but under Debian Etch it remains constant.

-D. Hansen

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