Comment 8 for bug 1161820

I've got the exact opposite problem, right now I'd be VERY happy if the fans were spinning full speed. All too often they seem to fail to spin at all, allowing the temperature to rise to worrying levels. If I'm lucky after it's had time to fry my breakfast the fans do sometimes kick in, other times I've simply had to switch it off.

I know these things are built to withstand pretty high temps, but mine is currently doing very little (about the only thing its doing is running spotify and this browser). All 4 cores report min cpu speed (775MHz), yet temperatures regularly reaching 85C+. I had overheating issues with my previous Inspiron (mainly due to lack of circulation where the exhaust was) but at least in that case the fans were spinning and I was doing some heavy crunching!

When things are working properly it normally idles at around 50C, which seems far more sensible.