Thanks. Could be, but the fan control has never worked ideally under 
GNU/Linux on this machine. Besides, shouldn't the processors be throttled 
down based on the CPU temperature, even if I simply forced the fan to stay 
slow?
  No warranty left. I tried cleaning the fan with air, without opening 
anything up. That obviously didn't make a difference.
  I'm hesitant to open up this machine, but might.

c


On Thu, 1 Aug 2013, BenjaminBerg wrote:

> Seriously. It *is* a hardware issue. Why else would it not work right
> before a fan replacement, but work fine right after the replacement. I
> guess that it might simply be a bad thermal paste connection between the
> cpu die and the heatsink; but I don't know the reason as I was lucky
> enough to have on site support, and got the replacement without any
> hassle.
>
> So seriously, if you still have warranty, phone the support *right
> away*. If you don't you might also try, it seems like a design issue of
> the model to me. If that doesn't work, I would suggest trying to clean
> the fan and replace the thermal paste (note that you need to remove the
> mainboard to get there in the T4x0s models).
>
> As a software solution, you could try to set the "power management
> model" in the bios (not sure if it is called exactly that). It could
> help.
>
>

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  Since 12.04, CPU is overheating and powering off spontaneously under
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