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[Andre <1325298@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Reducing power consumption does in effect lower the temperatures (like simply working on battery power does). I've tried thermald, which kept the cores about 5°C cooler, but didn't speed up the fan (it's not set to do so). I didn't try the tool to increase fan speed, since it's for Dell laptops.
I wonder if it is Ubuntu's policy not to spin the fan over 3000RPM (which I believe is possible), then this would not be a proper bug.

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Title:
  [Lenovo ThinkPad R61i (7650)] Fan not speeding up on high temperatures

Status in “linux” package in Ubuntu:
  Incomplete

Bug description:
  I'm using a Lenovo R61i (type 7650D6G), with Ubuntu 14.04 and up-to-date BIOS. The fan speed is well controlled on low temperatures, i.e. around/below 50°C, staying between 0 and 3000RPM. The problem is that under a higher load my cores can reach higher temperatures, like 75-80°C, without the fan being speeded up over 3000RPM. Since lmsensors shows 85°C as critic temperature for my cores (Intel Core Duo T5450), I find this quite dangerous.
  I have experienced this copying files between two hard disks, being both cores running at 50% for two hours.

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04
  Package: linux-image-3.13.0-27-generic 3.13.0-27.50
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.13.0-27.50-generic 3.13.11
  Uname: Linux 3.13.0-27-generic x86_64
  ApportVersion: 2.14.1-0ubuntu3.2
  Architecture: amd64
  AudioDevicesInUse:
   USER        PID ACCESS COMMAND
   /dev/snd/controlC0:  andre      1847 F.... pulseaudio
  CurrentDesktop: Unity
  Date: Sun Jun  1 01:28:30 2014
  HibernationDevice: RESUME=UUID=da6deeac-db6b-48e8-8ddc-59a8648748b2
  InstallationDate: Installed on 2014-04-18 (43 days ago)
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 14.04 LTS "Trusty Tahr" - Release amd64 (20140417)
  MachineType: LENOVO 7650D6G
  PccardctlIdent:
   Socket 0:
     no product info available
  PccardctlStatus:
   Socket 0:
     no card
  ProcFB: 0 inteldrmfb
  ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-3.13.0-27-generic root=UUID=febc6820-7932-4c2a-8c99-14c5a4795832 ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7
  RelatedPackageVersions:
   linux-restricted-modules-3.13.0-27-generic N/A
   linux-backports-modules-3.13.0-27-generic  N/A
   linux-firmware                             1.127.2
  SourcePackage: linux
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
  dmi.bios.date: 04/12/2010
  dmi.bios.vendor: LENOVO
  dmi.bios.version: 7PETC3WW (2.23 )
  dmi.board.name: 7650D6G
  dmi.board.vendor: LENOVO
  dmi.board.version: Not Available
  dmi.chassis.asset.tag: No Asset Information
  dmi.chassis.type: 10
  dmi.chassis.vendor: LENOVO
  dmi.chassis.version: Not Available
  dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnLENOVO:bvr7PETC3WW(2.23):bd04/12/2010:svnLENOVO:pn7650D6G:pvrThinkPadR61e:rvnLENOVO:rn7650D6G:rvrNotAvailable:cvnLENOVO:ct10:cvrNotAvailable:
  dmi.product.name: 7650D6G
  dmi.product.version: ThinkPad R61e
  dmi.sys.vendor: LENOVO

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