Problems? See this thread at archive.org.
This is a known issue and is all over the Internet. There is no formal solution from Lenovo although the following solutions makes a massive difference.
I have taken the extreme approach of 1. Ordering multiple units 2. Unscrewing the units to determine the root cause
I can confirm that the following problems occur:
1. The physical fans themselves make a high pitched whine when operating. The level of this noise depends on how fast they spin
2. If the processor hits 100% CPU usage the fan spins at max and sounds extremely loud
3. Many background tasks on Windows can momentarily cause 100% CPU usage
Here are 2 solutions you can easily do that helps a lot:
1. Set Maximum Processor State to 99% in Power Plan settings so the fans never hit max
2. Only use Microsoft Edge. It requires far less processing than Chrome
If you do this the laptop noise is manageable.
Lastly, you can open up the laptop and unplug both fans. The laptop actually runs surprisingly cool, so this works. As a precaution you must do the following:
1) Set Max Processor State to 80%, which will keep the computer cool
2) Install HWInfo and add the CPU temperatures to the task bar so you can monitor them. If it hits anything consistently above 70 degrees, i'd plug the fans back in as your use case is too processor intensive.
If you do the above... your laptop will be dead silent
Solution: Yoga 910 Fan Issue
Discussion in 'Lenovo' started by Joshva, Nov 13, 2016.
