On 12/31/2016 8:50 AM, Richard Owlett wrote:
One thing that continues to bother me is that thinkfan is disabled by default because an improper parameter could damage the computer. If that is true, why isn't the fan always on? The documentation I've found indicates it's original motivation was to reduce power consumption and acoustic noise. ??? ;/
A comment on another forum prompted me to run a Live Jesse MATE on my T43 (a dedicated Windows box). The fan speed actually increased. That gave me confidence to run some additional test on the T430. Caught the fan running once. Ran my existing install for about an hour without catching fan running. Quit and immediately booted Windows. Fan ran and exhaust air seemed safely cool. I'll do a complete reload after chasing down appropriate monitoring apps.
Thinkfan may be having problems. But something seems to be keeping me in safe territory.
More later.