Wednesday, November 08, 2023

Re: Thinkpad Gets Very Hot

On 2023-11-07, luffy20201 <luffy20201@protonmail.com> wrote:
> Hi, I've been an OpenBSD user for a year now, but I've never been able to disable Acpitz. I have tried everything, and nothing has worked. I use a Thinkpad X220, and it gets really hot. I need some help with this, can you please guys lend a hand? Thank You

It's an old machine. Make sure the fan is reasonably clean (don't do
this by just blowing air through it - hold it in place so it doesn't
spin too fast). You may need to renew the paste on the heatsink.

Generally acpitz should not be disabled.

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