Comment 186 for bug 370173

@arsenix - I took the Lenovo T61 apart and applied a liberal coat of thermal paste on the cpu and gpu. I then tightened down the heatsink/heatpipe fan unit firmly.

It seems to be running *much* cooler - I ran the stress test again and didn't hit 70C...

This is with the fan running disengaged just shy of 5000 rpm.

This may be specific to Lenovo T61's - but if you have one, its worth checking out. There is full documentation of the procedure to remove the fan/heatsink unit on Lenovo's site. Just search for your model in the support section.

I don't think this is a fix necessarily, but the temps are much improved.

Perhaps there is an issue with the T30 also. It seems Lenovo must have been running out of thermal grease when they put this one together...