CPU temperature Thinkpad R61

[Konstantin Svist]

On 10/17/2009 09:50 AM, Christoph Höger wrote:
> Today I used a compressor to clean up my cooler. That did not help alot.
> (There wasn't much dust inside). My cpu temp still goes up from 40° to
> 47° in ~ 2 minutes which causes the fan to start.
>
> Since the cpu has basically nothing to do and the cooler is clean, I am
> wondering if this could be some gfx related issue. Is there some known
> GPU load on a GM965/GL960 intel chip with KMS being enabled?
> Or may this be related to my (ageing) battery being plugged in?
>
> regards
>
> Christoph
>


Install and run powertop
It shows which program/driver/etc causes a lot of CPU wakeups.