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  1. Bug #751689
  2. Comment #24

Comment 24 for bug 751689

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Thomas Hood (jdthood) wrote : Re: Thinkpad x201* overheats due to slow fans when on 'auto'

I experienced this problem (sudden shutdown due to overheating) on a ThinkPad X61. I worked around it by manually setting the fan speed higher when performing CPU-intensive tasks (e.g., installing an OS on a guest virtual machine).

Will now install thinkfan which should automate this.