W500 + SSD --> more fan activity

Hi,
I have a Thinkpad W500 (about half a year old) and I just added an Intel X-25 160GB SSD to it yesterday.
The performance is great, machine boots in 20 seconds or so. However, I noticed that the system's fan is much more active now. With the regular disk (7200rpm), I almost never heard it. Now, every 5 minutes or so, it cools for a few seconds and then stops again. I also think (not really sure) that at the bottom, the system is a bit warmer than before.

Is this normal? Could the faster drive be more demanding of the CPU?
Thanks!

 

I don't know, but I doubt that the change is deliberate. You haven't used or have added drivers? Are you running a thinkpad? Have you added any bios to it lately?

I have a huge SSD in my desktop. SSD's should throw out less heat, not more.

Renee

 

Running Thinkpad indeed, no changes to BIOS. I just took out the "old" drive, placed in the new one and installed a fresh copy of Windows 7. So there could be other drivers installed (I let Windows Update install them all actually).

 

Actually, my SSD (Corsair 256-GB G2) carries software on it.

I fear that at this point I don't have anything to add ....unless the SSD has a driver of it's own and it turns the fan on?
Renee

 

SSD itself is silent, unlike the HDD. It also uses less power and produces less heat, so, all other things being equal, needs less fanning. Maybe check unwanted software activity in the background? Check that there is no background defrag, no antivirus system-scan, no defender scan, no recovery creation, etc etc going on. i.e. ensure no undesired background task scheduling. I also turn off indexing and set recycle bin to zero (or very small, if you must have it).

 

Download System Update 4 from lenovo and make sure you get the Power Manager driver and Power Manager. Those two items alone may fix your fan issue because the driver and software are designed to properly control your system and maintain a balance between system heat / fan noise.

 

Could it be possible you just hear the fan more because the 7200RPM HDD is no longer masking its signature? The fan shouldn't run any faster, but it may well be more noticeable.