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    Fan Utility

    Discussion in 'Lenovo' started by claus1225, Feb 8, 2006.

  1. claus1225

    claus1225 Notebook Guru

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    Hi all,

    Thanks for all your informative and fun inputs. I am set on getting a T43. I was just wondering if the fan utility program will take care the overzealous fan problem completely? Is there a setting that will allow me to choose a specific temperature for the fan to turn on? I still want the fan to run occasionally when the laptop gets too hot.

    chris
     
    claus1225, Feb 8, 2006
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  2. Trippytiger

    Trippytiger Notebook Consultant

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    Yup, the fan contron utility allows you to set any number of temperature thresholds you want, and associate each one with a certain fan level.

    For example, here are my settings:

    Level=47 0
    Level=50 3
    Level=55 4
    Level=60 128 (switches fan to BIOS control)

    So the fan runs at level 3 when the temperature reaches 50C, at level 4 when the temperature reaches 55C, and switches over to BIOS control when the temperature reaches 60C. If the temperature drops to 47C, the fan turns off.
     
    Trippytiger, Feb 8, 2006
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  3. faridrener

    faridrener Newbie

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    The fan utility is brilliant! It has justified my investement in the thinkpad - the only reason I didn't like it was the fan noise. Now I have a perfect laptop!
     
    faridrener, Feb 10, 2006
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  4. srts1fh

    srts1fh Notebook Enthusiast

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    What Fan Utility are you talking about ?
     
    srts1fh, Feb 11, 2006
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  5. MercuryK52

    MercuryK52 Notebook Enthusiast

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    I'm not registered over at the thinkpads.com forum so i'll post it here for now.

    I got my R52 yesterday (took a week for it to get delivered after I'd placed the order). The fan utility works great on a R52 1846 model.
     
    MercuryK52, Feb 11, 2006
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  6. Trippytiger

    Trippytiger Notebook Consultant

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    This one. [thinkpads.com]

    It's quite handy.
     
    Trippytiger, Feb 12, 2006
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