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X301 Fan speed - 5000rpm normal?

X200/X201/X220 (including equivalent tablet models) and X300/X301 Series
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X301 Fan speed - 5000rpm normal?

#1 Post by Thors.Hammer » Sun May 20, 2012 10:10 pm

Hello,

I recently purchased an X301 that appears as if it has never been used, even though it is three years old. I have noticed the fan runs at an RPM that is really too high, and too noisy. It's typically running around 5000rpm or slightly more even though the temperature doesn't require it.

I installed tpfancontrol and that has helped, a lot.

I just wanted to check. Is 5000rpm for the X301 pretty normal? This is the SU9400 model but I noticed the same thing on my previous SU9600 CPU model.

Are there any other methods of controlling the fan other than tpfancontrol? It seems to work well enough but I thought I would ask the experts here.

Thanks,

Thor

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Re: X301 Fan speed - 5000rpm normal?

#2 Post by u751920 » Mon May 21, 2012 2:18 pm

I don't remember the speeds that my fan ran at before I installed tpfan but it was just too noisy. Now I notice it does very quicky get up to 5000rpm seems to idle at around 2000rpm. At least it's a lot quieter than it was.
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Re: X301 Fan speed - 5000rpm normal?

#3 Post by steveg47 » Wed May 23, 2012 5:42 pm

Updating the bios may help if you haven't already done so. After all a 3 year old x301 would have a 3 year old bios.
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Re: X301 Fan speed - 5000rpm normal?

#4 Post by czatlantis » Wed May 23, 2012 6:11 pm

Hi, I am just curious - what is battery health after 3 years? How many % of full charged capacity does it have now? Thanks

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#5 Post by steveg47 » Wed May 23, 2012 11:10 pm

czatlantis wrote:Hi, I am just curious - what is battery health after 3 years? How many % of full charged capacity does it have now? Thanks
It depends on a number of factors such as the level of charge before long term storage, the temperature of the storage area and how much the battery was used before storage. I have installed batteries that were stored new for more then 3 years and when fully charged they were as good as new.
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Re: X301 Fan speed - 5000rpm normal?

#6 Post by Thors.Hammer » Sat May 26, 2012 8:54 pm

I have run a couple of tests. My battery is supporting 3.5 hours of use. Seems as if the battery is working well.

As for the fan noise, TPFanControl is doing what I need. If the surrounding environment is noisy, I run the fan on tpfancontrol manual 2 (~4500rpm). When it's in my home office on my desk I might set it to tpfancontrol manual 1 (~1900rpm).

The BIOS was actually 4 years old. I updated it to v3.15 but it didn't change the fan rpm. No worries, I am done upgrading the machine. It's as good as it's ever going to get right now.

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Re: X301 Fan speed - 5000rpm normal?

#7 Post by twangdai » Sat Jan 12, 2013 8:18 pm

Hi there, for those of you who are using tpfancontrol controlling their fan speed, I notice that sometimes the BUS sensor is in the high 40 and exceed 50 degree C in few occasions. Even with the fan running at its full speed, the BUS temperature seems to be not going down, and my pwr sensor temperature is kind of high as well, normally higher than my CPU temperature. Could you please let me know anyone experience the same issue? Many thanks in advance!

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Re: X301 Fan speed - 5000rpm normal?

#8 Post by 600X » Tue May 21, 2013 4:10 am

The X301 fan regulating system is really screwed up. It will run at 5000 rpm even if the CPU is at 40°C. If you apply new thermal paste you could let it run at 2000 rpm constantly.

I have also noticed that the the X301 gets warm where the WIFI card is located. This might explain the high BUS temperatures.
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