T410s fan / overheating

I've had my current t410s for nearly a year. (Before that, I had another t410s and prior Lenovo models for 3-4 years.)
Just recently, the fan has started playing up. Now the fan is always on when the laptop is plugged in, even if the computer is completely idle. And it's constantly making a soft but very noticeable (and annoying) high-pitched whining sound. Also, a couple of days ago the fan started powering itself up to max speed and slowing down again every few seconds, like someone revving a car engine before a drag race. I noticed that the back left corner of the laptop was incredibly hot. I powered off, waited a while and started back up, but the computer froze on start-up.
Any idea what the problem is likely to be, and how it might be fixed? Fan issues seem to be a perennial problem for Lenovo, and I see third parties have even created software to try to solve Lenovo's issues! I'm still under warranty but I've read stories of people losing their laptop to Lenovo for days only to have it returned without the fan problem solved.

Does the whine sound like this?
http://www.empyrealis.net/archive/t510whine.wav
If it does, well, see what they'll do for you in terms of motherboard replacement.
Also, do you live in a particularly dusty environment? Regardless, I'd check to see if that fan has a lot of dust in it- if it does, canned air will solve that problem.

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hey mangojaijai,
from what you have mentioned over here, i suggest going to http://support.lenovo.com and update your system first.
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When I run anything CPU intensive (eg, Skype, Matlab etc), my T410s (integrated graphics) appears to be overheating and crashing.
It gets very hot and then the screen goes black and it turns off. See the attached chart of heat, 90C seems far too high:
http://img191.imageshack.us/i/speedfanreadings.png/
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FWIW I just reinstalled onto an OCZ Vertex and I'm using Windows 7 x64 drivers not Lenovo drivers. Overheating didn't seem to be a problem before the reinstall, using the same setup but with a normal hard disk.

The Power Management driver is absolutely essential. Windows installs a slightly older driver anyway by default I believe.
Try taking off the keyboard and cleaning out the fan. If that doesn't work, tighten the screws on the heatsink.
Power Manager works fine for me on my T400, as does the switchable driver except for the Intel GPU issue; works perfectly fine elsewhere. Power Manager just launches slowly.
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Hi, I bought the t410s back in 2010 april or march. About 7-8 month later, I started getting Fan Error on boot after the thinkpad screen. If I don't do anything, the computer shuts off automatically, but if I hit escape, it would continue boot and start up (without a working fan). I know that there are other threads about the fan error but none of them mentioned this. Most of the times after it continue booting after escape on fan error, I would do a cold reboot and the Fan Error would be gone. So Im guessing that the hardware is fine because if they faulty, then it shouldn't work at all. So recently, I did a clean install of windows 7 and updated all drivers and bios. After update, it was working for like 4 days so I thought it was just a software issue but now the problem have returned, same as before. Sometimes it boot with fan error, sometime no error. And after shows fan error, if I escape and reboot, most of the time the error would be gone. Anyone know why this is or what is going on here? Anything would be appreciated, thanks.

hey dy58,
since it is hard to replicate this issue as sometimes it does happen and sometimes it does not, i do recommend bringing the unit to an authorize service center for them to investigate.
do contact the tech support team for information of the nearest service center
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Hi all.
I have read many topics on this forum about the fan on any laptop not working, the laptop overheating or the laptop seemingly randomly shutting down.
I have had this problem for about three months. I tried propping up the laptop so the fan (stupidly positioned on the middle of the base of the laptop!!) could get air. It didn't shut down, but it was ridiculous having to prop my laptop up everywhere I went, and fan was also ridiculously loud.
I took my laptop to a doctor and it turns out there was a fault with the chip on the motherboard that controls the fan. This caused the fan not to work properly, causing overheating, and the laptop shutting down.
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Bad news. Anyway thanks for the info.

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T410s fan

I got my T410s last week. The brand new machine is perfect except for the fan noise. The fan continue running never stop no matter what battery model I select. The fan make more noise than my old T40. What's the problem?

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Hello everyone,
I own a T410 for about a month now and still have fan noise problems. They only appear when I charge the battery. The fan speeds up and get annoyingly loud just after I plug it in. It's like the cpu is running 100%, but it is not! When the battery is charged or I pull the plug the fan gets silent again.
Also the notebook does not get hot. Everything seems normal, except for the noise.
Is there a solution to this problem? I would be very happy because it's very annoying when I am at University.
It is a T410 with Nvidia Optimus. Preloaded OS. Newest power manager and nvidia drivers.
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@semjorka,
Welcome to Lenovo forums, could you try updating your BIOS and see if it helps (do ensure reboot first before flashing the BIOS). Also update all your software using ThinkVantage System Update and Windows Update as well.
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