CPU temperature Thinkpad R61

Thu Oct 15 22:19:08 UTC 2009

Hi,

I just wondered why my fan always runs after a while. After closing
firefox (which took 50% cpu along with X) I now have a load of roughly
0.06 - barely nothing computed at all. Both cores are in the lowest
config and yet my cpu temperature goes from 42°C to 47°C in roughly 2
minutes (and back by fan activity).

I would understand this if there was some load, but what causes my CPU
to heat if it does nothing? Design failure? Has anybody seen such a
thing?

regards

Christoph
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