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  1. Bug #751689
  2. Comment #110

Comment 110 for bug 751689

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Alexander List (alexlist) wrote : Re: ThinkPads overheat due to slow fans when on 'auto'

I am still experiencing this problem on my Thinkpad X201 using 12.10 x86_64.

[ 11.835859] thinkpad_acpi: ThinkPad ACPI Extras v0.24
[ 11.835861] thinkpad_acpi: http://ibm-acpi.sf.net/
[ 11.835862] thinkpad_acpi: ThinkPad BIOS 6QET69WW (1.39 ), EC 6QHT33WW-1.14
[ 11.835864] thinkpad_acpi: Lenovo ThinkPad X201, model 3626A14
[ 11.840344] thinkpad_acpi: detected a 8-level brightness capable ThinkPad
[ 11.842060] thinkpad_acpi: radio switch found; radios are enabled
[ 11.842896] thinkpad_acpi: possible tablet mode switch found; ThinkPad in laptop mode
[ 11.842912] thinkpad_acpi: This ThinkPad has standard ACPI backlight brightness control, supported by the ACPI video driver

Maybe this dmesg snippet gives you some hints:

[ 9.618507] intel ips 0000:00:1f.6: CPU TDP doesn't match expected value (found 25, expected 29)
[ 9.619390] tpm_tis 00:0b: TPM is disabled/deactivated (0x6)
[ 9.620441] intel ips 0000:00:1f.6: IPS driver initialized, MCP temp limit 90