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    Turning my fan on more...

    Discussion in 'Lenovo' started by dohuy, Dec 13, 2008.

  1. dohuy

    dohuy Notebook Consultant

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    So, I have a T61p that runs fairly cooly, but want it to run even cooler since my fan happens to be quite quiet. I've tried using tpfancontrol, but for some reason, I can't seem to alter the fan speeds. Are there other solutions I can use to make my fan run faster more frequently?
     
    dohuy, Dec 13, 2008
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  2. xps400mediacenter

    xps400mediacenter Notebook Consultant

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    Dont know if it will work, but try Speed fan
    http : // www .almico. com/ speedfan437. exe

    (remove spaces)
     
    xps400mediacenter, Dec 13, 2008
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  3. Andy

    Andy Notebook Prophet

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    Erm....Its not possible. The fan cannot be controlled at the software level in Thinkpads.
     
    Andy, Dec 13, 2008
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