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Re:Thinkpad X210 by sosborn on Sunday March 17, 2019 @01:33PM (#19415154)
> no discernible reason

What if the "no discernible reason" is just poorly coded software?

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Re:Thinkpad X210 by freehunter on Sunday March 17, 2019 @04:27PM (#19416352)
That's the definition of a discernible reason. If the CPU is being used hard enough to need more cooling, then the question is answered.
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Re:Thinkpad X210 by mcv on Monday March 18, 2019 @09:05AM (#19420669)
That's too limited a view at the issue. Why is the CPU running that hard? If the user is not doing anything CPU-intensive, yet the fans spin up, clearly the CPU is hot, but why? What is it doing?
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Re:Thinkpad X210 by eitland on Sunday March 17, 2019 @02:30PM (#19415488)
Then the PC and the OS is off the hook and the search continues with the software.
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